Like many others, I experienced these hurtful slights first-hand while growing up in the U. Although the U. Hopefully, from this incident, greater public attention -- and condemnation -- will be raised on the use of Asian slurs and mock Asian accents.
Another lesson to draw, however, is the need for proportionality, particularly in the age of the Internet in which anything and everything can go viral.
The Internet doesn't know proportionality, boundaries, or restraint. And it never forgets. There's a good chance Alexandra Wallace's 3-minute video will remain forever on YouTube -- portraying her in a very negative light. The New York Times editorial will likely be there, too. While Wallace has no one to blame for the notoriety from her offensive video except herself, we do have to remember that she is a college student.
There's perhaps no other population that is as prone to saying or doing inappropriate or embarrassing things as college students. Yet, at the same time, college students probably have one of the greatest opportunities for personal growth, learning, and expanding their horizons. And colleges have a responsibility to educate their students, no matter how foolish at times they may be.
It would be a pity if an institution as great as UCLA could not figure out a way to reach out to Alexandra Wallace and its entire student body, in order to make this unfortunate incident, to borrow President Obama's apt phrase, a teachable moment. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. March 31, By paulmbanks 48 Comments. Filed Under: The Bank Tagged With: alexandra wallace , alexandra wallace bikini , alexandra wallace bikini pics , alexandra wallace bikini pictures , alexandra wallace expelled , alexandra wallace photos , alexandra wallace pictures , ucla girl , ucla girl alexandra wallace , ucla girl bikini photos , ucla girl bikini pics , ucla girl video , ucla girl youtube.
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Ching chong ling long ting tong! UCLA's Asian Pacific Coalition, an organization representing the university's 24 Asian-American and Pacific Islander student groups, called for the university to discipline Wallace for using "hate speech" and violating the student code of conduct.
In an editorial in the Daily Bruin on Monday, the Asian Pacific Coalition called Wallace's comments "hate speech, an act of discrimination, harassment and profiling. On Monday, Wallace apologized for the video in a letter to the campus newspaper: "Clearly the original video posted by me was inappropriate," she said in the statement.
I'd like to offer my apology to the entire UCLA campus. For those who cannot find it within them to accept my apology, I understand. Naples told the Daily Bruin, the university's newspaper, on Monday.
The investigation sparked debate throughout the country about whether Wallace should be punished and whether her comments were protected by the First Amendment.
In a blog post Tuesday he said, "The speech is clearly constitutionally protected, as well as being moronic.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education or FIRE, in a letter sent to the chancellor Tuesday, urged the university to close its investigation, saying Wallace's tirade is protected by the First Amendment and does not constitute harassment.
Ultimately, Hampton said Friday, the university "uncovered no facts that would lead us to believe there has been a violation of the code of conduct.
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