<p>The Swedish accents usually go with something having to do with sex and the French tones are used when speaking about elitist things.</p>
<p>"Instead of saying that her comments are “as a nice American girl,” she really should’ve said “as a nice white girl…” " - Now who is being racist? (Sinflower)</p>
<p>No matter that her rant was offensive, she should not be expelled. UCLA is a state-run university. The student has First Amendment rights. </p>
<p>Do we really want the state to monitor speech, decide what is or is not offensive, with the threat of expulsion? I dare say that if such Orwellian Big Brother-ness were applied with an even hand, there would be few students remaining at UCLA. Is there any student who at one time or another hasn’t called someone “whitey” or “gringo” or called a female student by a derogatory term or made a racially or ethnically insensitive joke. </p>
<p>The ones who should be expelled are those who made the death threats.</p>
<p>I think this is a very immature girl who doesn’t think much about what she does. If she had posted a rant about rudeness in the library, specifically cell phone use, few would have problems with it. However, she made fun of the way the language(s) these kids spoke sound, and then made fun of the kids she assumed were worried about the tsunami and its aftermath, and that is not acceptable, it is in fact downright cruel. Being angry at an act is one thing, making fun of a group of people or whatever for being themselves is wrong, pure and simple. </p>
<p>I don’t think that reflects on UCLA at all, schools are full of all kinds of people (if this had been an employee, would have been a different story) and I don’t think it warrants expulsion. She will face consequences from her actions, she will find out what it is to be on the other side of all kinds of stuff, fair and unfair. </p>
<p>The sad part is if she had done a funny rant complaining about rudeness in the library and did it without the cruel mocking of the sound of the language or the idiotic reference to the tsunami, it could have ended up going viral in a positive way, with people fed up by the rudeness of cell phone users who often seem to forget they are in a public place or in an inappropriate situation to to be talking:)</p>
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<p>Pull up Japan on Google Earth. It will show the epicenter. The earthquake
was slightly east of Japan and China is west of Japan so it’s hard to
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<p>I’d suggest watching the video.</p>
<p>She didn’t make fun of another language. She used stereotypes of
Chinese names and asian behaviors and suggested that asians observe
American behaviors.</p>
<p>Well, apparently there was a tsunami warning issued for China as a result of the earthquake in Japan: [China</a> removes tsunami warning after Japan quake-caused waves abate](<a href=“http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/11/c_13773841.htm]China”>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-03/11/c_13773841.htm)</p>
<p>I did watch the video, and while I believe her generalizations about the behavior of Asian students at UCLA was bigoted, I still don’t think the act of imitating a foreign language in the manner in which it is perceived by a non-speaker demonstrates bigotry.</p>
<p>Sounds like they were being cautious - those things can move very quickly.</p>
<p>If Japan had put those reactors on their west coast, they wouldn’t be having the nuclear problems that they are having now. But I don’t know if we knew enough about the ring of fire and tsunamis when those nuclear plants were built.</p>
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<p>Ah. Figured it was something like that. So now you can see the difference.</p>
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<p>[UCLA</a> student behind anti-Asian video apparently had plans for more - San Jose Mercury News](<a href=“UCLA student behind anti-Asian video apparently had plans for more – The Mercury News”>UCLA student behind anti-Asian video apparently had plans for more – The Mercury News)</p>
<p>She sure knows how to get ahead.</p>
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<p>Look folks, the poor little girl just want to have a 10-minute fame. Cut her some slack. Give her a break. Don’t we have something better to do?</p>
<p>I posted this link two days ago on UCLA CC site. But it was quickly deleted by someone…</p>
<p>I wasn’t offended in the least by the video. She was ranting. Big deal.</p>
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<p>You != everyone. I’m not personally offended when someone calls me a “chink” but it would and does offend many others.</p>
<p>Mock Swedish accents and Swedish jokes are nothing new in Seattle. Just ask the famous and beloved Stan Boreson.</p>
<p>“Well, old Sven and his pal Sigurd walk into a bar…”</p>
<p>Perhaps it’s because you mock others in your home and not on YouTube. Also, mocking a group that’s not part of the power base, i.e., people of color will never be acceptable no matter which way you slice it. </p>
<p>Was trying to respond to the commenters who mock European accents in the home, but couldn’t quote it, sorry.</p>
<p>Also, her speech goes over the line of free speech, and is now hate speech. She should be expelled. If not, if she has any common sense, she won’t return to UCLA.</p>
<p>It was also posted today in the San Jose Mercury that her original intention was to start a blog on Asian Americans I presume along the same lines as the video in question. I for one am very pleased with the coverage in the media thus far along with, of course, the many many YouTube videos. Some of them are so clever.</p>
<p>Bay–The difference:</p>
<p>making up nonsense syllables that supposedly sound like the language of a racial group you are overtly mocking</p>
<p><em>does not equal</em></p>
<p>using a supposed accent while speaking actual words to denote some supposed attributes of whatever is the topic you are discussing while you do it.</p>
<p>(Though if you yourself feel it is actually as bad, that’s your prerogative.)</p>
<p>This thread is absolutely fascinating to me. I suspect a lot of what people find acceptable has to do with the environments in which they are raised. Maybe this young woman was raised a bit differently than advised below:</p>
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<p>[Talking</a> to Our Children About Racism & Diversity](<a href=“http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/talking_to_our_children/]Talking”>http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/talking_to_our_children/)</p>
<p>The thread also makes me think about humor, and if it is ever appropriate to mock anyone. Is ethnic humor ever appropriate? Does it really have to do with the power of the group mocked? Or who makes the joke? </p>
<p>Political satire okay? Sacha Baron Cohen okay? Sarah Silverman okay?</p>
<p>[The</a> ?Other? Laughs Back: Humour and Resistance in Anti-racist Comedy](<a href=“http://soc.sagepub.com/content/44/1/31.abstract]The”>http://soc.sagepub.com/content/44/1/31.abstract)</p>
<p>Does anyone know articles/books that deal with this?</p>
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<p>This girl was holding herself up as an example of a “nice, polite American girl” in contrast to the Asians that she has a problem with. However, most of these Asians are Americans too. The only way she is different from them is her race. Thus, she should say “as a nice white girl” instead of “as a nice American girl,” as they are American too. American-ness is not a valid point of contrast. </p>
<p>Now, I’m sure some of the Asians she has a problem with are internationals, but since she seems to assume that talking in Chinese = not being American or having “American” manners, I doubt she is cognizant of the difference. </p>
<p>If you think these observations are racist against white people, please explain why. I don’t think it is racist against white Americans to point out that Asian Americans are just as American as they are.</p>
<p>I wonder if UCLA student has had her epiphany yet?</p>
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<p>I’m a nice, polite American girl (okay, way past being a girl) but because I’m also Asian, I don’t count as someone who is included in the term American. From Ms. Wallace’s perspective, and the perspective of most everyone here in the US, American means white, and that’s wrong.</p>