<p>To those of you who said she did wasn’t really that bad, did you even watch the video? Her message wasn’t all that offensive, it was her choice words and attitude that was. Her usage of words like “hoards” and “in America”, and her patronizing tone of voice when she refer to herself as the “polite American girl”, implying none of the “Asians” she goes to UCLA with are Americans (but most are).</p>
<p>She doesn’t deserve death threats, but she DOES deserve all the verbal harassment in the world. Freedom of speech, right? She verbally insults people, people can do the same, only ten fold.</p>
<p>I don’t think what she said was that offensive or anything-
she just wanted people to stay quiet in the library, this shouldn’t have gotten near out of hand as it did.
Sure, she shouldn’t have grouped Asians in the way she did, but she really didn’t say anything that deserved so much backlash from her community.</p>
<p>I think it’d be funny if she was forced to stay at UCLA, then she’d have to learn to cooperate with the people she recklessly criticized over the web. Personally I don’t think she is actually racist and it wasn’t that offensive but she deserves a few hate comments but not to the extent of death threats.</p>
<p>I’m surprised that someone was actually offended ENOUGH to attack her with death threats. I mean, isn’t that a crime in itself? I’m more scared of those people than I am of her.</p>
<p>Let’s cut the crap, nobody actually learns any employable skills at UCLA.
Here’s how it goes, its an “prestigious” school but after 4 years, all of the kids that went there go back to live with their parents.</p>
<p>I’m Korean and I actually agreed with her complaints… And a lot of the Asians who complained about what she said probably say WAY worse things about blacks or whites.</p>
<p>At first, I developed the same animosity toward her as anyone else who watched the video. Yes, it is mean spirited, but then something got me thinking. When we are not accepted into a group we form this stereotype for them, and as you encounter random mistakes/bitterness from anyone, if it’s from one group you tend to grow the stereotype. I believe she has a right to her statement, but on the other hand we should keep it to ourselves. But also a key thing to think about is that, she felt ostracized by “Asians,” she didn’t understand the culture, the language, and thought they might be saying negative things about her. There is a psychological component here also, I am not expert, but we all should look at both sides, even when we are positive there is no other side.</p>
<p>to those who “don’t understand the fuss” or think it wasn’t “that offensive”- understand that alexandra wallace’s issue isn’t with talking in the library. it’s not even particularly to do with asians talking in the library. her issue is straight up xenophobia and racism. her issue is that she thinks she has the right to perpetuate really harmful ideas about who belongs and doesn’t belong in her world. you know, her world that she shares with everyone else who inhabits this earth? there IS harm to what she said.</p>