How political know-how stops racist attacks cold
    War Stories 4 - Protecting AsAm candidates from racist attacks
 
Time and Issue:    Prior to 2002, attacking AsAm political candidates for 
their race background was commonplace.  In 2002, 80-20 received 2 such
complaints.  One was from Alice Lai-Bitker, a Chinese Am candidate, running for a County Supervisor seat in  Alameda, CA.  Another was from Christopher Gabaldon, a Filipino-Am candidate, running for Assemblyman in the 18th District of CA.   Click here to verify by reading the Footnote.
  
80-20's unique way of stopping such racist attacks80-20 knows that such attacks against AsAm political candidates are normally suggested and designed by their opponent's paid political consultants.  Hence, 80-20 passed a resolution   to use 80-20's own resources to track down and drive out both the offending candidate and his/her political consultants.  
       
Complete SuccessNo AsAm candidate has encountered an open racist attack by their opponents after 2002.  (Anonymous attacks still exist, but they are not effective.)
 
Analysis - Why was 80-20's resolution such a complete success? 
 
    1)  80-20's political know-how 80-20 knows election campaigns.  It 
         knows that in most low level political contests, the candidates are the 
         figureheads while their paid consultants are the real brains and 
         decision makers.  Paid consultants  are pros who have chosen politics 
         as their career.   Hence, when 80-20 aimed its gun at the pros and 
         threatened to dog them until  they would  be driven out of their chosen 
         profession, they stopped designing racist attacks against AsAm 
         candidates.  
 
     2)  80-20's effectiveness in speeding the news to political  
          consultants:
           80-20 advised AsAm candidates to make a copy of 80-20's resolution
          and send it to their opponents & consultants.  Click here to verify.
          Read the message in the second rectangular box.  Since that fitted 
          the self-interests of our  candidates , the news spread quickly at the
          time, although nowadays most AsAm political candidates probably
          don't even worry about facing such racist attacks anymore.  :-)  80-20
          is pleased that its resolution resulted in such a complete 
          empowerment.

Empowerment:   Could you or your offspring run for a political office one day?   Aren't you glad that 80-20 put a halt to racist attacks on AsAm candidates ?  This was a contribution AsAms for all time.
   
                   Want to d
YOUR share to empower ourselves
?

1. Donate to SELF ( Self  Empowerment  Long-term  Fund):  Click  here.
    Sending a check? Send to Stephen Lin, 969 Acalanes Rd, Lafayette CA
     94549.
2. Sign the petition to stop the discrimination against AsAm students,
     click  here .   Thank you.


S. B. Woo 

President and a volunteer for the past 18 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/index.php


To know more about 80-20, view these videos :
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