President Chen frankly admitted that in Taiwan today there are serious issues of identity and ethnicity. Different ethnic groups, because of their disparate history and distinctive subcultures, hold divergent views about who they are. Nonetheless, Chen argued, under the old authoritarian system, all ethnic groups were likewise victims, and therefore they should now embrace one another with more tolerance and understanding.
陳總統坦言，當前台灣確實存在著認同與族群問題，不同族群因著不同的歷史記憶與民族情感，形成認同上的差異，但在以往威權時代，所有族群都是相同的受害者，彼此實應相互包容，用心理解。