UCLA Student Alexandra Wallace Releases Apology for Racist Video

Not accepted. And not enough.

@ching chong what do you suggest she does to attempt to redeem herself?

Good on her! I’m particularly impressed she didn’t use the non-apology apology phrasing “I’m sorry if anyone was offended” nonsense that elected officials use all the time. It was a real apology

@ Ching chong so a second YouTube video claiming how sorry she is would be enough in your opinion? I just don’t understand what hoops someone has to go through to apologize for a stupid mistake. She was ignorant. Probably sorry now. How can she be redeemed? People make mistakes. People are stupid. That doesn’t mean they deserve to be ostracized for life. Much the same with drugs and policing right? Everyone deserves a second chance.

I’m sure she’s sorry and kinda takes back what she said NOW that most of the WORLD HATES her. What really bothers me is the comment she made about the tsunami. What… did your WHITE ‘POLITE’ AMERICAN PARENTS not teach you sympathy you B****. That’s a current crisis where families are still looking for their missing love ones and you have the audacity to use it in your so called RANT against asians?! you really disappoint Americans and you will JUST HAVE to live with the choices you made. <= im sure your parents taught you that right?

Any apology that begins with “clearly” is obviously not sincere and is extremely condescending.

Her apology is too casual, she is basically saying sorry I didn’t mean what I said. She says, “I cannot explain what possessed me to approach the subject as I did,” clearly her racism possessed her to approach the subject the way she did.

shes just sayin i dont know why i said wat i posted, but im sorry for it. she dont even know why shes sorry for it. girls like this should be EXPELLED from such school. if she was raised to be better than asians then she would not make fun of this race, and she would not call any kind using such word as whores and so.

i feel bad for her…but i think she deserves to be expelled…her rants are distasteful and inexcusable…3rd yr pol sci student…if she is not expelled then fail her in all her subjects….if you let her graduate and say she decided to teach….or go into politics…..u guys know where im getting at right….she apologized for making the video but not apologizing for the contents of her rants though…no emphaty on her she got to go

I agree. she did apologize for pulishing the video, but she was not sorry for the content of the video. Yes it is annoying when someone talks on the phone in the library, I get that. But generalizing it to the whole race of asians and making such racist comments about how their manners are, how they can’t fend for themselves is just not appropriate. I’ve seen plenty of none asian people who can’t act appropriately in the library and it really bothers me that she decided to pick out a certain race to ‘rant’ on. Just because there is freedom of speech, it does not mean the freedom can be used to abuse others. She should learn the differences in cultures and to tolerate them. She does live in America and last time I checked, America is full of different races and cultures.

Did she have to say that now??

North side of Japan was damaged and it looks like the hell.
endless fire, Tsunami, snowing but no heat, no foods, no water, no medication, constant earth quake and being crazy to find their family.

WTF.
Her proud mom must raise her wrong way.

she should make a public apology in Bruin walk for a week, and let us throw tomatoes on her.

There is nothing she can do to save herself. She is a white racist which is worse then any other racist. WHites are held to a different standard. Had her skin colour been black no one be even talking about it. The violent sexist remarks on this board and all over you tube go to show it is a two way street when it comes to racism but admitting this is hard in todays world because minorities love living in a dream world where only white can be racist. She was dead wrong in her statements but the reaction says more about the student sof UCLA then her four minute video ever could!

I don’t actually believe Japanese students would talk on their phones in the library. The Japanese are raised to be very polite and not overly talkative. In fact, in Japan, people keep their phones on vibrate and only text on them when they ride the train. I’m sure the library would be the same.

I do not believe that she should be expelled from the school for this rant.
I believe she should be expelled from the school for undeniably buying her entrance essays online from the very “Asian People” whom she just derided.
I think Sarah Palin speaks with more clarity than this girl does.

She made three obvious blunders in her video. 1. ‘Generalized’ things and sounded like she is saying, ALL ASIANS talk on phone in library, or ONLY ASIANS talk in library, at this moment itself she revealed her RACIST face. 2. She mocked a foreign language (which she could NEVER learn in her LIFETIME), at this stage she showed, obviously she not well cultured AMERICAN girl as she announced herself in the video. 3. Most gross and acceptable thing she did is to use a shocking Tsunami issue in her mockery !, it proves how stupid and ignorant she is. Totally she is, racist, uncultured, stupid and ignorant. Again her apologies doesn’t sound genuine, she did so, just because, may be she is scared now.

Come on, even if she apologized, you think she really means it? This girl blames everything on anything around her. Clueless. Racist.

Her parents must be so proud. What a waste of money to be invested in her.

Her parents are at faults too for bring up a daughter like her.

@Irish Girl
Not a big deal to you because you’re Irish. In fact, she was so unspecified that people from the whole of Asia have taken offence.

I bet you I know what shes thinking right now, thank you to all my ching chong friends for making me famous. What she did was bad and her apology was even worse. She apologizes to the campus and not the people she was mocking… LoL

That’s all we got as an apology?? She claims she has this “American Manner” and that her mother raised her to be this polite, well-mannered person, and yet, she’s on a public video forum ranting about one specific group.

At the end of the day, this girl is going to become a distant memory of controversal bleep in 2011 because something more outrageous will have happened. She’s going to live her meaningless life and still go on acting as if she’s SO sorry when deep down she will always believe what she posted is justifiable.

Speaking of manners, the Asian community surely has some racial comments towards the kinds of her, but with our Asian manners, we keep it to ourselves.

MY “apology” to her is that I’m saddened that your mother won’t visit you to make you some food or help with laundry and such. That you’d have to rely on hot pockets and other microwavable meals that you shove in your face day in and day out. But at least the amount of clothes you wear anyhow won’t affect how much or often you do your laundry. I’m sorry that your ideals of family have been distorted by how your mother was towards you, all while teaching you how to be a polite young girl. Hope that while working at the strip joint those politeness will get you far.

Did she make ignorant comments? Yes
Did she make stereotypical comments? Yes
Did she make rude comments? Obviously, if everyone is offended
…….
Did she make RACIST comments? No she did not. Go watch the video again if you don’t believe me.
“Ching chong….” Is a STEREOTYPICAL comment, not a racist comment.

What she said wasn’t THAT bad, and she obviously said it out of anger and stress of studying for finals. She apologized, and it should be over.

What people are doing now is unacceptable. Death threats? Posting her address? Wishing she lives out her life to fail? Grow up people.

The comments she made after are much more offensive than anything in her video. Calling her a “Stupid, white blonde bimbo.” Is much worse than anything she ever said.

And what bugs me is people who say that are on such a high horse. They say things as if they’d NEVER stoop to “her level” and act as if Alexandra is the worst person they know, but then they slip in these comments.

Those comments are DIRECTLY offensive to women, white people, etc.

Believe me. If it were an Asian complaining about white people (i.e. the other way around) no one would care at all.

*** I mean the comments PEOPLE made after. not ‘she’

Okay. I’m Korean and I agree with her on the talking loud part, but doesn’t she know that the internet is a dangerous place to vent about this stuff? Didn’t she know what she was getting herself into?

Anyways, with that being said, I feel like people aren’t taking this seriously. (UCLA officials). NO OFFENSE but if she had dissed a Jewish person, or if it was the other way around like an Asian dissing an American person I’m pretty sure it would’ve been a different story.

I feel like just because we’re minorities they’re not taking this seriously AND her apology was a half-assed apology. She should take responsibility of her acts and accept that it is what it is.

I’m assuming that most of the people who are reading this blog are Americans. . .of european, asian, african, latino, indigenous descent. Being ‘American’ is a lived idea, and yes, it is proper etiquette to avoid speaking on your phone in the library. She’s right about that. Perhaps Americans of western European descent are more civilized when it comes to stuff like this. However, from my observation, the Japanese are far more civilized than Europeans and European-Americans, as a previous poster already pointed out. When it comes to manners, I find that the Japanese take the cake, Parisians come afterwards, and then upper-class English royalty third. Americans are generally pretty rude when it comes to a global comparison. She’s just a kid picking on those who she thinks will not fight back.

Have to agree with previous posters who say that Americans of Jewish, African, and Latino descent are far more vocal in their opposition than Americans of Asian descent. For me, the real Americans are the indigenous folk, so, i really don’t buy into her whole ‘American girl’ act.

To be honest, there is nothing she can do for redemption & I don’t really care for her to do anything more after the damage is done. She’ll have to live her life knowing what she has said. There is no need to for redemption because she is just stupid. The video was stupid; she holds no knowledge of … anything, sooo there is no point.. she is just a non-productive member of our society & we, as productive members should not let someone like her affect us in any kind of way. The video was made irrationally because she is stupid her thoughts, her words, her reasoning, her apology is stupid so guys lets just not let this dumb closed-minded nonproductive member of our society affect us.

She clearly doesnt even know what is really going on over in Japan at ALL. Like I said let us not be affected by stupidity.

Ms. Wallace is a ticking time bomb! If she will not be reprimanded UCLA will be breeding a monster! It’s scary to think someday she might teach or work someday and what will she teach? She is a hater and its obvious she does not appreciate diversity. She is deluded if she thinks that a weak apology will make up for her racist comments.

enough talk with this all american girl, toss her to the fire, how about ship her to Japan and experience the tragedy herself! then she will know the meaning of life is all about!

This is not even newsworthy. She has just invoked the enmity of just about everyone with half a heart, including those mixed Caucasian-Asian couples and their children. How did she get into UCLA? Japan has just been ruined by a natural disaster. She doesn’t have the wherewithal to be vocal against a Caucasian enemy of humanity that would crush her with their pinkie, but she is brave and righteous enough to rub salt in the wounds of natural disaster victims. Japan is home to millions of innocent people including Caucasians. How spectacular of UCLA to host someone like this.

*Alexandra Wallace, UCLA Ku Klux Klan, Nazi Aryan Nation Club High Witch

*UCLA hosts and gives political protection and support to Aryan Nation, Nazis, and Ku Klux Klan. The precedent being Alexandra Wallace, March 15, 2011.

Age does not matter. Someone can be her age and will not be this dumb, making a video during finals week??
She is a COLLEGE student, not a little pre-schooler. She should had known better than posting her racist rants on youtube. Her parents should be ashamed to have a daughter like her.

how dare her bring in the tsunami in Japan like it is a joke. People does not have food, water, shelter, electricity right now in Japan and she have the nerve to talk about it like its funny??? KICK HER OUT OF UCLA!!!

Maybe she did this on purpose in order to reschedule her finals.

Something stupid this way comes. This is what happens when idiots are given technology, and opposable thumbs. If I were her political science professor, I would have failed her the moment her rant was posted. Are you serious? It’s almost laughable how stupid this was. When I heard her rant I was thinking ok, the political thing to do would be to issue a public statement, undergo sensitivity training, drug rehab, something to declare her intent in either making amends, or recognizing the seriousness of her actions. She declines an interview from the associated press, she deletes the you tube channel without taking the time to use the platform where she began her fall from ” GRACE” ( lol yea right ) to apologize to her now captivated audience. The only connection this Wallace girl should have with politics, is adequately servicing our wayward politicians in the confines of a sleazy motel room. As for Scott I don’t believe her comments were so outrageous in the grand scheme of things, the outrage is the timing. 3 weeks ago I doubt it would have even made it beyond a “hoard” of angry comments. If a group of ucla Asians posted a rant video September 12, 2001 about white Americans there would be the same backlash. Maybe next time she will use some American common sense, and keep her stupidity to herself, or at the very least choose a different time, and slightly less universal audience to display her ” American Manners” she was raised with.

This in no way warranted hate. Yes, she made poor decisions in what she chose to say and in her ignorant generalizations.

I am of half Asian and half Anglo-Saxon decent. No matter where I went I stumbled across racism. Be it in Asia or here in America in my hometown. I’ve been chased by hordes of kids throwing rocks, been refused a seat on a school bus, had bricks thrown threw my window. Due to my mixed heritage people often mistake me for Native American and I’ve experienced racism from that bent, too.

But honestly, she never used the word Gook or Chink. Yeah, she made offensive and tasteless comments. However, no one really took her rant seriously. Almost everyone saw it for what it was. Her career, whatever it was she was seeking, is going to be a tough one to find. She ruined her own reputation and chances all on her own.

In the grand scheme of things, the damage wrought by Miss Alexandra Wallace is truly slim to none aside from igniting some serious righteous indignation.

this bimbo needs to be expelled and blackballed from all post secondary schools except those in asia. she needs to be schooled by a tiger mom. how she got into ucla is beyond me. the only way ucla can redeem itself for making the mistake of allowing such a racist to enrol in their school is to set a precedent and oust her and show this on you tube. of course a blonde girl with doughy tittays will feel threatened by asians. nuff said. kkk gal is kvetching that she needs peace and quiet to study in a library yet she is able to find the time to video herself and post it on you tube. i wonder what she has to say about african american people, baby mamas, dead beat dads, rap, and violence in america.

The weather is beautiful in LA, Spring Break, St. Patty’s Day, March Madness is upon us, and the Lakers are going for a 3-peat. Put her on probation and lets enjoy life because it is just way too short.

FIGHT ON! hahaha

Kaleigh,
I feel like anything I can say would sound inane and worthless regards to your family in Japan. But feel I should say something. I have been watching closely. And my heart goes out to everyone and wish I could do more than that, hopefully soon I will have a chance to contribute something.

why did she only offer her apology to the entire UCLA campus??? What about about the others???

It’s sad to see someone that will bring up the tragedy of Japan in order to make her point. I understand that not everyone will get along and not everyone will like each other, but to use Japan’s catastrophe to make a silly point… really? That’s just sad. It just shows how unreasonable she was in her “rant.”

why did she only offer her apology to the entire UCLA campus??? What about about the others???

What others? She didn’t say anything about anyone else.

Big deal. She’s just another American who couldn’t make the distinction between Chinese and Japanese. In general, Chinese are rude and don’t have manners. On the other hand, Japanese have the best manners. You can’t just group them together as “Asians” in one category, because they’re so different. I say what she’s saying has some truth about Chinese people, but she clearly didn’t understand the distinction between Chinese and Japanese. A lot of Chinese hate Japanese, and some Japanese hate them back – it’s just the plain reality. I read that a lot of Chinese and Koreans are laughing at what has happened to Japan with the Tsunami and all.

Those that are reading this may say – “No, that’s not true. – but either you’re not facing the reality, or you’re just simply ignorant.

Just leave her alone. She’s just ignorant and that’s all. I say you guys are just as ignorant by attacking her. Don’t you know that the highest potential threat to USA is China?? We might plunge into war with China anytime, you know. Let’s see what you guys have to say when that happens!

I agree with you Bey, lots of Chinese & Korean are laughing at what has happened at Japan. This girl with a nice set of rack, just happened to make a mistake by thinking outloud, we all have done it at one point. Was it stupid of here to film it? YES! Bottom line, there are bigger fish to fry, look at what’s going in the world and you will see this is petty stuff. Lets talk about something more interesting, like how HAARP really works & the truth about 9/11.

@JR and BEY. LOL? Nobody laughs at tragic events where people’s lives are involved. I’m Korean. Many Koreans that I know have friends and family that were there and were involved with the tragedy.

Back to this girl though. She would’ve been fine if she left out the whole part about the family visits and the tsunami. Relatives visiting loved ones away at college is called family values or love. And the tsunami should just be a no brainer

@AsianAmericanCollegeStudent and Dan

I don’t need to prove you anything, but since you seek to be educated, I will present you with some opportunities.

http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=6468
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/03/11/china-offers-japan-support-for-quake-relief/

I know Chinese and Japanese, so I’ve read other original sources – but it’s common knowledge. You guys who just want to attack at other people’s comments are hypocrites, or ignorant bastards none different than this library girl. Know the reality!

AND, I know you can’t be humble about it after reading these articles, cause you guys are always about attacking other people, and you just want to be defensive.

I suggest you read more books, and know the tension between eastern Asian countries. Don’t you even remember what happened with the Chinese boat incident just recently??

Also, I didn’t say “majority of the people” – I said, “a lot of” and “some” which is the close proximity of the reality. They are having mixed feelings.
I bet even your extended families in Korea (if they are in Korea) know about this, and are just trying to hide their mixed feelings too.

All in all, you guys’ (majority of you guys who responded to this library girl’s rant in a negative way) perception of the reality is limited and somewhat skewed. You so-called “Asians” are upset because you think it was a racist joke. You don’t understand the magnitude of racism in China, Korea, and Japan towards one another. China just wants to invade other countries, period.

I am disappointed in the reality of how ignorant common American college students are. They only teach you convenient truths of the reality??

“You guys.” Here you go still making assumptions and generalizations while telling me I’m ignorant while you continue to make racist generalizations.

You do not know my family. I have experienced racism far worse than her words from Korean, Chinese, Japanese and white. And here you go assuming further that I don’t understand the tension between the Asian countries. “So-Called Asians.” You have got to be kidding me.

It is sad that some people seem to feel the tragedy in Japan is somehow deserved. I don’t agree with them. Neither does my family. You have no idea what my family thinks or feels and I frankly don’t care whether you believe they are in Korea or not.

Simply because I disagree, and disagree strongly is not an attack. I disagree with the generalizations you are making and continue to make.

At least I can have an intelligent discourse on the subject without resorting to childish name calling.

“I personally feel deeply impacted by what happened in Japan, and I am personally involved, unlike you” = yet another assumption and another unfounded dig and insult.

“What’s wrong with generalizations” = generalizations are what racism is based on.

Can’t we just stop already? Yeah, I’m Asian, and I feel personally insulted by this video too, but I think she’s received enough hate over this thing. I mean, people all over the world has seen this video already, and obviously it has jeopardized all her chances of getting a good job or have good relationship statuses…
She’s apologized and I’m pretty sure this was a joke for her, something to laugh about. I know everyone’s hung up on the thing she said about the tsunami, but honestly I think she was just saying it off the top of her head. Before any of you say anything, I was personally affected by the tsunami myself.
Yeah, I feel insulted by what she said and all, but really, let’s tone it down a bit here.

Wait, what?
“It’s OK to offend Asians in this country…”
Um, excuse me, but we Asians have voting power too. Like I said before, I do feel personally insulted by that video, and no, imagining that she was ranting about Blacks or Jews does not help – in any such case a group of people will feel insulted.
I don’t know if you’re Asian or not, @Ching Chong Ting, but your statement about it being alright to offend Asians because we don’t have much political power?
Yeah, WRONG.

The video was ridiculous, the reaction was outsized and out of control, the apology was half-hearted, and UCLA is (still!) one of two UCs where a student can go 4 years without learning about other cultures.

The fact that any individual in the right mind would sit here and defend a clearly stupid woman is just as ignorant as her. We’ve all been taught since we could remember that hate and racism a disgusting quality. Yet this “UCLA,” tasteless bimbo has the never to go on YouTube? Common. She’s complained about families coming to visit, what does that have anything to do with the library? It’s clear she has a hate towards Asians. She’s mad either one her rich parents bought her a boob job and never came back to visit her the day after surgery or two that they don’t care enough to visit her at all. Besides, why go to the library? There’s enough space in her chest to study, she should have just dove in there for some peace and quiet, or maybe her brain, seeing as there’s nothing but air in there as well.

@USpatriot. The internet is not American.

I think all the cultures that are in the United States are awesome, even if they don’t meld together.

“It doesn’t matter who was here first or who settled what land first or ANY of that. That’s what is GREAT about our country.”

Actually I find that the wholesale destruction of the Native American tribes that existed on these lands, and the continued racism towards the scarcity of indigenous peoples that exist today, is a huge FLAW on our country. We do little to nothing to honor or treasure Native Americans that are living today, even though they posses ancient wisdom that we could so dearly benefit from.

I think there are many countries that welcome visitors with open arms. Perhaps there are few countries where are as many economic opportunities, however I have found that culturally many people from other countries have been far more gracious and inviting, even in bigger cities, than many Americans. Strangers allowing me to stay in their homes, feeding me, etc. Not to say this doesnt happen here, but I haven’t heard of that experience from foreigners.

Don’t get me wrong, I love America, and it is great in many ways, but I don’t think patriotism has anything to do with putting down other countries. The world is getting smaller. It’s high time we stop competing with every country around the world and embracing other countries so that we may work together towards peace and prosperity for all humans and living creatures.

@AsianAmericanCollegeStudent

I did not call you out personally in my initial post, but since you feel the need to defend yourself, you must have felt that I was, because something stuck a nerve there. It is not the acknowledgement of ethnicity that is the issue. It is the “fill-in-the-blank first, American second” mentality of so many. Obviously you’ve learned English. Obviously you’re more well traveled than most of the people that have posted here. Just go back and read and you’ll how many people are generalizing about America while talking about how people shouldn’t generalize. You shouldn’t take offense to what I said, because you can’t be the target of it if you’re proud to be an American. You’re not Asian-American though, you’re just American, and you happen to Asian.

I have traveled and lived much like you. To name a few I’ve lived in Germany, Austria, Qatar, and South Korea. I know at least enough of each language to get by in each country and always made an effort to learn as much as possible and use it. Typically, when I would go into a store or restaurant (especially in Qatar) I would be looked upon with disdain. However, once they could tell I was making an effort, they were much nicer and usually went out of their way to help.

Now, go back and read OTHER people’s comments, the one’s that I was actually addressing, and you’ll see that indeed they called for her head on a platter and said the school should expel her. That is indeed a “redaction of her freedom of speech.

Lastly, I urge you to see another point of view and see that identifying yourself in certain ways can only contribute to division and not promote the diverse world that you think you are promoting. I’m not saying you’re bad or you’re wrong! I’m just asking you to think about it from someone’s standpoint who is not an “Asian-American” and would see you (at least in this forum) as being more dedicated to being Asian than being American.

@thalooch: What does the internet have to do with it? It’s a medium of communication in this case. You still can’t abridge her rights, whether on- or off-line…

There are many more country’s that do not welcome foreigners into their lands than do. Obviously, there aren’t very many out there in the world that people want to go to. You nailed it, there are no opportunities anywhere else. In many cases the opportunity does not exist for an outsider to become prosperous and the governments of those country’s make sure that the outsiders cannot succeed to the extent of the citizens of that country. Many country’s also have much more strict immigration laws and some are impossible to immigrate into.

I never said that America was not flawed. However it is a great nation. There are many things in the past that we learned from that were great tragedies. It would be ignorant to believe otherwise. Slavery, the unilaterally terrible treatment of Native Americans, the internment of Americans of Japanese decent during the onset of WWII… However, America’s great accomplishments far outweigh these flaws. Patriotism certainly doesn’t have to do with putting down other countries and I would love for you to show me where I have done that or tried to put patriotism that way. America has been the country from the beginning that has wanted to work together with other nations towards peace and prosperity. Unfortunately, other nations do not always want to work with us. For a long time to come, we’re going to be attacked for that; and people will continue to claim that our desire to work and be around them is actually a desire for American imperialism and world control.

I want to point out again though, one area you should seriously examine again about what you said about how welcoming other countries are to outside people. Even in those countries where they welcomed YOU they were probably simultaneously not welcoming someone from a country other than America and denying them visa status; and sending them back where they came from. That’s the REAL world, but you’ll never hear about that in the media or read it in world culture textbooks.

@Rhonda

What you need to teach your “*American*” (Whatever that was) kids is that they indeed are American and they should be proud of that, and that they should be unapologetic about that pride. And yes, that criticizing other countries in mass public communications is not proper etiquette, but to keep in mind, America is always going to be criticized by others in their own mass public communications. John F. Kennedy can’t be quoted enough “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”

@USpatriot,

Yes, I can see your point about the divisiveness. My initial choice for choosing to identify myself in this particular manner was to establish that I am Asian (a part of the group the young lady from UCLA spoke about) and yet point out that in the grand scheme of racist acts, her video hardly warrants all the hate that it seems to have generated. I treasure my freedom of speech, and to have it, I understand that I have to be okay with all manner of other people practicing it. And just as they have a right to speak their opinions, racist or not, I have that ability to disagree and scrutinize and expose what I feel is wrong or harmful. And even though, she said some tasteless things and made some prejudiced generalizations, she honestly caused no real harm. From my Asian standpoint, or with my Asian heritage in mind, she still does not really offend me all that much. Her words only have the weight we give them. In other discussions, I have been barraged with anger over voicing these views. So I suppose, yes, you did hit a nerve that was raw. And I in turn made an assumption. Boo me.

I am South Korean as well as American (my father American). And despite that in South Korea I experienced a great deal of racism and was not welcome with open arms until people realized I could speak their language because all they initially saw was the difference in my eyes and face. The young lady has experience retribution above and beyond her actions. She is by no means a Hitler. Most people I knew saw her video for what it was and did not apply it as to something that harmed the people in Japan which seems to be the biggest platform. My heart goes out to everyone in Japan or with family affected by this or who have family affected by this. I follow closely and personally know people affected by the events in Japan.

It would have been nice to see this incident become a platform for intellectual discourse on very real issues and not so much a platform for hate and name calling and more prejudice. The comments about her being a white blonde slut or whatever are uncalled for and are simply prejudiced and racist actions in response. It helps and heals nothing.

@AsianAmericanCollegeStudent

Right on man. I didn’t intend to be as caustic as I was either. I do apologize for that. Can I ask if your father was in the US military? I was for 6 years, but never went to South Korea during that time. I actually spent 90 days there last year while doing work for the US Department of State. It was a very enjoyable time for me and I’m going back again when my current assignment is complete. I also agree with everything you said about the stupid girl (that’s what she is) and the lame video that got everyone worked up. Funny that only about 3 of us now actually care to read anything. The ones we need to be talking to have long since ignored this page after making their one or two comments…

@Uspatriot,
Truly no big deal. I kind of embarrass myself sometimes when I get involved in these hot topics online.

Ah. I miss travelling so much. I miss Korea a great deal. Did you ever go to Beomeosa Temple? That was my favorite thing to do. My father and I would hike up to the temple every weekend together. It has been far too long. I remember the first time I saw a McDonald’s in Pusan. Then a Dominoes Pizza. It blew my mind.

Yes, he was in the navy in WWII. Manned the amphibians when they invaded Iwo Jima. We moved about when he was a merchant marine. His last job before he passed was supervising many of the ships that transported jeeps and helicopters and tanks to our military in the Middle East.

If I were to be completely accurate in my posting name here, it should be AsianAmericanCollegeStudentMom. I’m back in school after being in the workforce for 15 years. Corrections is just not conducive to raising children right now. And being back in school it is really kind of scary how many people don’t fully grasp the beauty and the fortune that we have as Americans in having law protected Civil Liberties (even though at times they get abused, we still have them). I actually read somewhere in a response to someone who posted some vitriolic comment to a blog that they were called a terrorist. Whoa! That’s a mighty heavy claim for someone just posting something in a comment, no matter what cuss words they used. People have said worse to me, however, they had rocks or bats or fists or knives behind it, and I still wouldn’t call that person or group of people terrorists. I sometimes wonder if we are a little too thin-skinned.

“I cannot explain what possessed me…” doesn’t sound very sincere. She probably hates the Asian with all her guts now.

@Ling Long, my wife is Chinese and see laughed at the video. She thought it was funny and stupid. You seem very upset.
Would you please provide an example of what you think would be a suitable apology. It would be a learning experience for me.
Thanks.

you call that’s a apology?come on ,is that a joke?” to the entire UCLA campus”????

I agree that some people (many comedians, shows, and other forms of media) use racial humor as satire, or social criticism, to expose prejudices and generalizations, or to poke fun at stereotypes illuminating how ridiculous they are. But we have to be careful not to lump it all under one umbrella as “just a joke.” German sociologists, while watching the decent of their own country into the holocaust, described official meetings where anti-semitic rants took place as “organized laughter.”

At the same time, discrimination against Asian Americans has remained largely, under the radar. Margaret Cho, a Korean American comedian was granted her own TV show and the producers hired a consultant to teach her to act more Asian because they feared the audiences would not identify her as Asian because she did not fit the stereotype.

I do not condone Miss Wallace’s actions or words. But I think the responding violence is far beyond what her actions deserve and detracts from those that could illuminate her and others that feel the same. All this violence in response, all these “slut” and “whore” and “stupid white girl” do nothing but further the rift. It’s like turning on your hose to stop a flood.

And though many people don’t like the fact that “freedom of speech” comes up in this discourse, it is essential. It is not in defense of her actions, but in defense of all of our ability to disagree when we see something is not right and needs to be corrected. And in order for all of us to be able to disagree with videos or celebrities or articles or talk show hosts like Rush or Godfrey or Wallace (or even the President), we have to ensure that right is equal and follow the laws set up around those rights. To violate those sets up a sad precedent that may violate those freedoms for ourselves. And in the long run… wouldn’t you rather people who have these ideas speak up so we can correct them rather than allow racism to become a quiet insidious monster?

I know I’ve responded to many of these comments and spoken up a lot on here but this hits very close to home for me.

I understand. My biggest thing, when I worked in corrections the people that acted out were the people that could be corrected. But the people that didn’t act out were the most dangerous and the most potentially poisonous.

For example, when an offender makes a really big knife and flashes it in a threatening manner, it typically means “stay away.” When you do a search and find a fork that has been bent in a way to be support by the palm of the hand and two tines rolled back, it meant to to be well hidden and to quickly and silently kill.

I am not equating her with murder. But I am saying I would rather have racist speech in the open so that it can be addressed and dealt with. Silence it and it can get very scary.

So I suppose this is where we would agree to disagree. No need to apologize whatsoever.

@hobosong

I agree that her apology was really weak. It’s that “I don’t know what made me do it” thing rather than taking full responsibility for her decisions. How funny, just tonight I got fed up with my daughters’ incessant bickering so I had them write letters of grievances to each other then read them out loud to one another. Then they had to respond acknowledging each issue and taking full accountability for their choices and actions.

@nobody

“In addition it turns out that open speech in a “open global area” would cause the same amount of fundamental issues as silencing it”

That I was not aware of and would like to see these readings as this is a subject that does interest me. I don’t mean this sarcastically or to refute you. I truly would like the information. Just because I initially disagree does not mean I can’t learn something new. Thank you.

@AsianAmericanCollegeStudent

it is great that i can find someone like u to discuss opinions with. u r right that when people get together it might become a threat, but dont u think speaking out your opinions in a global manner would bring even more people together. everything could happen in this world and if logic could apply to everything then racism would’ve ended a long time ago. and about the reading, i have to ask my professor for it cuz it was a 30 page packet regarding that issue. again i would like to discuss other opinions with u again. ty for reading my comments

I think a true apology would be to do things to redeem oneself – words are not sufficient. I can think of a few things she can do.

1) Do voluntary social service in a community center in a predominantly Asiian neighborhood for a year.
2) Join the Peace Corps and do a year’s service in an developing Asian Country.
3) Sign up to do voluntary service helping Japanese effors in helping the Tsunami victims.
4) She can record a video announcing which one pf the 3 choices she will embrace and then tell tge world that this she is really sorry for what she did and this is what she will do in redemption amd request the world for forgiveness.
5) A year after she has completed her act of redemption, she can pot videos of all the things she has done to redeem herself and words of appreciation from Asians who have noted her transformation.

Folks – she is young and it is never too late to learn whatever her past shortcomings have been – in actions and upbringing. If she uses this as a defining moment of her life to change herself, this could be a lesson to everyone who harbors prejudices – that one can let them go if one really tried.

I am Asian Indian.

I like how this Irish girl, Wallace, has the nerve to insinuate that being Asian and being American are two different things. Her dad, John Wallace, really taught her well. They have that Peter King mentality that unless you’re white skinned and of European ancestry, you’re not American even if you’re born here. Let me tell you something sweetie, in certain parts of the country there are people who don’t consider the Irish as Americans. President Nixon didn’t like the Irish. Listen to the Nixon tapes.

@Angus Johnston (WARNING TO ALL: The comment below has NOTHING to do with this stupid Wallace girl, other than a topic that was brought up by it. I hijacked half of this forum about it… Sorry for that).

Hello Angus, In this particular case, I am not so much focused on the order of the wording, or English grammar. I am actually talking about the physical act of placing a foreign culture before Americanism. The wording is just wording and I understand that not everyone that says they are an Asian American particularly feels that way. My point is more that: whether you were born here or immigrated here, you’re American now. You should have respect for America and our ways.

If we want celebrate Christmas out in public, we should be allowed to do that. If your own culture doesn’t celebrate Christmas, why should you try to stop the American way of doing it? That is only one very simple example that I have.

Anyway, it’s not the grammar that bothers me. It is the attitude. Putting something in front of the word American though, could still be avoided, even in the English language. You could simply just say, I’m American. Why is there a need for people to distinguish, in normal every day conversation, that are different than me? Are we not all the same? Shouldn’t an Asian American and a Caucasian American be treated exactly the same way?

@USpatriot

USpatriot, don’t apologize. I love the fact that through everything else, people that have found opposing viewpoints can discuss here in a civil manner. It’s far more than what I have seen elsewhere.

For the most part I see myself as American. I identify myself, typically when I look at the world through the news as an American. I was raised in America. But at the same time, I am Asian. No one in my life ever looked at me and thought, hey there’s an American. One of the first things that comes up when I meet new people is the discussion of my heritage. Am I Native American? or Asian? It seems at times that in order to have a conversation with someone new I have to tell them what my heritage is. I have had entire correctional facilities ask me with a bet going between floors. I have even been persecuted in public by someone who assumed I was Native. And I think my history and heritage in certain discussions is pertinent and gives some weight and validity to my view. Just as your experiences traveling gives what you say some weight. I love that you lived the way you did in other countries. If I had met you in class or elsewhere I would have loved to pick your brain and hear your stories, about Qatar, Germany etc.

I can see how it would appear divisive. I really can. At the same time, a good deal of how I look at the world is as an Asian. It was part of my culture growing up. It is what both sets me apart and makes me part of an amazing whole. And often it is that slight difference I have in perspective that can lend a whole separate world view and set of ideas to many discussions. The beauty of being here and being what I am is that America is made up of people like me and you and anyone else who may have the experience from a whole separate set of values to bring to the table and in the end we all learn. Saying I’m Asian American is not meant to make anyone feel put out or put down or separated, or even declare loyalty to any one set of Americans over another. I still see us as a whole, Americans, just wondrously diverse. Just as how I appreciate what sets my girls apart, they are still my children and I love them both dearly.

I am buddhist. I don’t care what anyone else celebrates. I like Christmas trees and wreaths etc. Just because other people celebrate Christmas does not hurt my feelings. I understand separation of church and state. My oldest daughter is Christian. Devoutly so and we talk about it all the time. She was told in daycare one day to stop talking about Jesus and color her Easter Bunny Picture. That did bother me. Don’t talk about your beliefs but color something that symbolizes a holiday you charish that we won’t let you talk about. I wish in schools, at least, children could talk about whatever their religion is, or what they celebrate when, without fear of any backlash for people getting their feelings hurt. Rather than a restrictive forum I belief, just like here, it should be an open forum. What better way to teach tolerance?

If I may be so bold to point out that in many places in our country there are still a lot of people, especially white, who do not respect other Americans as being American simply because of the color of their skin, or how they look. This is obvioiusly evident in the case of Ms Wallace. In THIS context, and I think this is an important context, it becomes necessary for some people to refer to themselves as Asian-American, or African-American, and so on. I don’t pretend to know what someone who has grown up as a minority has experienced in this country. I know what I’ve experienced, and I can comment on that. My identity has rarely been questioned, but then again my ethnic background is Italian and Eastern European.

I think this is people feeling the need to establish not just themselves, but their entire cultural and ethnic background as legitimate Americans, in the face of past experiences which have undermined their legitimacy as Americans. Let’s face it, there is still a lot of racism and prejudice in this country. If we fast forward 100 years, this may not be an issue at all, because at that point hopefully racism will be almost nonexistent that no matter what color anyone is, they will not feel insecure or like they lack identity in this country.

I mean you don’t need to look far. The recent anti-muslim protests in Yorba Linda are a PRIME example. There were 2 congressman and 1 councilmember there that were part of a protest filled and fueled with hate speech towards other American Muslims, many women and children too. They were shouting at them to go home.
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/03/04/video-of-anti-muslim-protest-in-orange-county/

Also important to note was that they kept shouting USA, USA, USA. In this context, their so-called patriotism was actually an attack on another’s ethnic background.

One of the funnier comments I saw on a page from a friend of a friend was “Its’ funny, none of the people in the video that were chanting even looked Native American”

@bostonH:
What on earth are you talking about? I went to private prep school in NJ with some of the most obnoxious self-righteous spoiled little brats you’ll ever meet. When I transferred to public high school in Santa Monica I found the people were far more respectful and accepting of each other.

This has more to do with family values and discipline rather than public school vs private school.

The fact of the matter is there is far less diversity in a lot of private schools.

@CanadianWhitee I’m not upset. She has to right to say whatever she wants but it should be done more cautiously. I totally agree with the youtuber tranniebun on here:

*the rights. Typing error. By the way I’m not the only one on here who thinks what she wrote is cheesy.

@thalooch thank you.

@USpatriot

“Actually there are people who are “less American” because of their choice to be less American. People that refuse to assimilate at all to any American standard, including language, and who sometimes refuse to follow American law. Recently, a man tried to sell his daughter, because in his country, that’s their custom. To have respect for American ways means to assimilate into American culture as I would assimilate into another culture if I decided to leave America and move there.”

I agree that anyone here must obey the law. It is the same anywhere else. Aside from that, I don’t mind that people live in areas where there are more Chinese or Korean or Italian where they feel comfortable living out their cultural values within the law, where sometimes even menus will be in a different language. I can practically travel to a different country within our boundaries. And I think that is amazing and worth protecting. Because that means I have that same freedom.

And many times it is very difficult for the people that immigrate to learn English. At a certain age we lose the ability to hear individual dialects. You have many Americans (Asian, African, what have you) that fought through some of the worst conditions we cannot even imagine, with little to no opportunity of education and arrived here as adults or middle aged or senior citizens. My mother is one of them. She grew up during Japanese occupation where her own language was forbidden. She had to quit school in the second grade to help feed her family. By all rights, she is illiterate in Korea. At least she had my father to teach her what she knows. Not everyone has that opportunity. We cannot possibly presume to know who does and who does not. And in all respects, South Korea compared the US is TINY. If you travel across Europe you will run from language to language across borders. In the US it is just accent to accent depending on where you go. There are many many factors that play into this. Some benign and in other cases some not.

I however, am content, as long as someone follows the letter of the law, to allow them their own individual constitutionally protected right to practice their own culture. It truly harms me none.

Simply calling yourself Asian American or African American cannot alone bring the divisions that split our country at times both politically and otherwise. I value your opinion, your views, and your experience, but I think it is a tad too simplistic. I have worked in teams of people in all manner of settings from all manner of cultures and no one had trouble seeing us through to a common goal. Yes, there may have been disagreements but through disagreement we learn and we grow and we expand our views without having to leave our own country. And I find that pretty darn cool.

Poor girl! At this day and age, you can’t just say anything on the Internet! She’s young and she learned her lesson. Time to move on.

Other than CanadianWhitee, that is how we all feel too, Tom. She just wanna get the words out there and get it over with… you annoying Asian people.

Poor, Alexandria… It was a HUGE MISTAKE, but I almost feel sorry for her… Maybe she could consider some advice… Look @ it this way… You inspired an AMAZING OPUS… It was written ONLY because of you … Jimmy Wong’s brilliant lyrical reply is something of which you may be proud… If I were you, I would just let everyone know how much you LOVE the song, & that you think the man is a GENIUS, which he is … Taking that sensible view would go a long way toward solving your various issues… And, I just read an interview in which Jimmy expressed interest in giving you a BIG HUG (& concern for your difficulties…)… GEE, Alexandria !!! I’m JEALOUS !!! :)

I’m an asian and i think every body have make a mistake but will they fix it or not. In this case i will accept her apology. sr for my bad english and i’m not a american. :P

She’s my great granddaughter. i’m so proud of her. Them’s all commies.

Let’s look at the big picture. For those who want to aid Japan in this natural disaster crisis by making a small donation to the American Red Cross: http://livingsocial.com/deals/32115-5-for-10-donation-to-red-cross-relief-efforts?msdc_id=122&ref=DCDeal031611_1_565

I have friends living in Sendai, and three of them are not here anymore. I will never forgive you.

@Alex’s Pimp. We’ve already discussed how her apology is inadequate. She’s 20 years old, and considering that the video was released on Friday, how much are you really expecting her to transform herself over a weekend?
Furthermore, you’re simply suggesting that UCLA flout the 1st amdendment. While I have yet to hear of anyone agree with her comments, they are still protected under the 1st amendment. Have you considered the repurcussions for UCLA, a public university, in expelling this student because of her comments? Have you considered the legal fees?

No, we would NOT be having a riot over her comments, which although ignorant, aren’t even as bad as comments that are regularly made over radio and television everyday by popular pundits.

To George:

Strawhat argument. Did you really think that all the outrage was over her indignance at people talking in the library?

@thalooch: well said.

@Alex’s Pimp: I could find worse in people’s comments online every day. Only difference is you have her first and last name on youtube.

Free speech in America or should she shut the fock up? She’s now dropping out of UCLA because some call her a racist and threaten her life! Perhaps those people who talk in the library are ignorant that they are suppose to be quiet when in the libraries of America. When in Rome you do as the Romans people! Bottom line is that there are a lot of overly sensitive people out there that don’t really know what racism truly is. They’ve been programed and brainwashed by educators and parents wrong. I don’t think poking fun of how people talk is racist. I know plenty of other races that speak Chinese/Japanese/Korean ect. and sound the same way. So in other words if I was speaking Japanese in a cubical by this girl she’d be poking fun of me as well and my race is CaucASIAN. Chick id e China and the Chinese chicken! Is it racist to say that? I don’t think that bitching about students being loud talking on their cell phones has anything to do with racism either. I’m sure if it was a bunch of girls making noise she would have mocked them, too. I may even poke fun of her for how she talks! Does that mean I hate all girls? Goes to show how stupid some of these kids are that go to colleges/universities and believe me I know because I’ve been to many schools both private and public! Some students can’t even speak or write proper English! There’s nothing wrong with not being able to speak or write English but, if you’re going to get a degree here from an accredited school you should. I mean I wouldn’t expect to graduate from an Italian school without knowing the language. Right?Oh…..and the facilities there should only be used by the tenants! Nothing wrong with mom doing your laundry there but, she shouldn’t be bringing in the nuclear families laundry. I’m sure you’d be annoyed, too if your neighborhood started using your dishwasher leaving you no time to do your dishes. Right?

@B Rant

hahahahaha. you’ve got to be kidding me.

the truth is prejudice exists. it exists in small ways and big ways. at it’s worst its racism. she was not simply talking about being annoyed about people talking on the phone. its rude no matter who does it and many do. in her experience it may have been just the asians that did. who knows. we don’t even know if its really every single time. the problem many have are the generalizations and things like… “our college,” as though the other students had earned the right to be there just as she had. if they were from another country then their tuition is very high. if she didn’t intend to mean it that way, it still implies an underlying prejudice.

no, the death threats are undeserved. i don’t understand it. its like turning on a fire hose to stop the kitchen from flooding.

however, she chose enter into a global public forum and say things that she KNEW could be taken in a negative way in regards to race simply by beginning with her qualification about not being, “politically correct” before she starts in. she grew up in america. if she’d been paying attention she should have understood some kind of backlash would happen. she did it for the credit. her face was in the camera. she intentionally played with matches.

she also has a first amendment right. she broke no laws. i can’t qualify her words as hate speech. i initially found it humorous. i think she’s a silly girl that could have learned some more lessons from this. instead of turning it into a dialog, everyone is defeating the purpose of having that right and correcting something. the death threats and hate and racism in response make me more angry than anything else.

the fact that i’m willing to stand up for her constitutionally protected right, yours, or anyone else’s gets me cussed or put down in these forums and that disappoints me even more.

all players could have been better people in this scenario. and they opted to behave otherwise. and it seems even more difficult to meet in the middle anymore.

People STILL need to respect the rules and ways of other countries.. Everyone regardless of race should be quiet in the library.. Having to try to study and concentrate when others are talking is very hard to do.. Everyone have some respect, not just her..
She definitely screwed up and was wrong. So are those that trash the courtesies of another nation and culture.

They should have gone outside to speak on the phone.. I am grieved over Japan and have close in law relatives there.. But, they could have handled it better.

if you hate asians fine but why would you make a 3 minute video about it online with your face showing like damn women….. at least use your brains and cover your face or keep the webcam away from you so no one would know who you are……. as in the apology i say weak: apologize to the asians and if they forgive you then they are a good sport…..

Hey Dear Ms Alexandra Wallace.

I believe now you are thinking about how to make yourself completely different so others wont be able identify you. Acutally It is easy. First move out of LA. Go and make your hair black and try to get your skin yellowed and wear a pair of black contacts…anyway, try to make yourself look just like Asians so people wont be able to find you and break in your car, your apartment or do something extremely bad on you. You will all of suddenly feel it is really good to be an Asian at this time! ha ha ha…

I agree that Apology was weak and just didn’t convince me she meant it,
It was more like something that she had to do.

While I will agree that Being Korean I found that that vlog distasteful and Offensive, But I really don’t think she should be expelled for it.

When you really think about it though what she did was stupid in every way. But the people sending her Death Treats over something like this is just as stupid, and those people are no better.

@ Zqmbfmbg

if YOU cared to watch the video you would have known that yes she was complaining about people talking on their cell phones in the library but she claims that it is only asians that do so…and i’m pretty sure if she were complaining about muslims in the library it would have provoked the same response among the community because whoever you’re singling out it’s still wrong. maybe the people bothering her that day by using their cell phones in the library were asian but how does that make it a fact that only asians do this and it is because asians don’t understand american culture or as she puts it manners? and if she was really complaining generally about how it is rude when people use their cell phones in the library, what was the point of bringing up that she has noticed that asian students often have family members come over to help them do laundry or cook food? and what was the point of using the phrase “ching chong ting tong…?” this is why people are upset. she has generalized the act of a few people annoying her that day to an entire race and has used that as an excuse to say horrible things about that race…that’s called racism. she’s trying to use asians as a scapegoat for not being able to study for her poli-sci exam but she was able to sit, completely uninterrupted for a whole 5 minutes while she made that video…hmm i could have sworn hilter tried to use another population of people as his scapegoat. she is ridiculous and ignorant and so are you for trying to justify her rant.

STFU IN THE LIBRARY. DUH.

Why does it always seem that when people use all caps they have nothing of substance to contribute, and often make spelling errors?

There is something very sad and destructive about the whole experience and not just the girl’s comments. There is no question that she is very ignorant and that her comments were overwhelmingly racist. However, what happened after is much worse. She received death threats, tons of harassment and she had to drop out of UCLA. There is a concept in pedagogy called “Teachable Moment”. this is where educators use comments that students make to create a valuable learning experience. The girl’s video could have been used to create an awesome lesson in racism that she could have participated in and discovered her own racists beliefs and how they harm her and others. Instead, she was harassed and forced to drop out. As a result, she will continue to be racist, and her dislike for immigrants will grow further. UCLA is supposed to be a highly progressive place and at the top of the food chain in terms of pedagogy with a bunch of world known educational gurus in all fields. In this instance it demonstrated that it is a highly mediocre university that cannot prepare its attendees to handle racism.

As an Asian, I found that while the video was a bit racist / prejudice; it was more amusing than anything… but what was more offensive was her apology. It’s not the UCLA campus that should have been apologized to exclusively, it should have been the Asian community at UCLA. Not to mention victims and those influenced by Tsaumni disaster, she should have posted an apology world wide via Youtube. It should have been a world wide community.

When you are a person who is very worried if a family member is injured or hurt during the Tsaumni and your cell phone is your contact medium, you aren’t going to care about how loud or inconsiderate you are being at the library. This goes for anyone whose experience any type of disaster.

But what is scary or equally as dumb too is also how the UCLA campus have reacted to her video by executing rape / death threats from students? Yet they act like they are above her. All it did was perpetuate more racism and sexism and the girl’s probably scared for her life.

She’s the girl who happens to make the unwise decision to go public about it, when I truly believe that there are more racist students / faculty across all universities but they just don’t get caught. And professors who get away with saying even more racist things but no one gives them a hard time due to their authority.

I’m not sure what forgiving this girl entails, but I personally believe that the best thing to do is just ignore it. And not send her death threats or rape threats and make remarks about how being American is bad. All that does is make the distinction gap bigger between races and the division wider between people of all color. She made a stupid mistake.

It would also be time to change into a different major. Totally failed as a political science major. Another sad thing is that the clothes she wears are probably made in China by some poor little kid’s hands due to poverty.

thalooch: I am not suggesting that UCLA babysits anyone. I am simply arguing that the video opened up a good opportunity to examine racism as a pedagogical task and that UCLA attempts to have Alexandra participates in these examination of racism.

I don’t believe that proposing that UCLA as an entity promotes anti-racist work emerging out of racist and ignorant acts is narrow minded or an act of babysitting. Rather, I see it as an act of deconstructing racist behaviors and reconstructing them into educated, informed and anti-racist behaviors.

LOL! I wonder how long it will be before she appears on a “web redemption” sketch in Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 show. Anyway, I’m not going to say much about this Wallace girl and what was going through her mind when she did this because enough has already been said about that. But I just wanted to call out the few of you morons who have posted here in support of her.

To PEOPLE ARE EVIL, yes, “ting tong, ling long” is a sterotype, but it is a RACIST stereotypical gesture in mocking a language and thereby a culture, and this Wallace shrew needs to be harassed/threatened/mentally tortured for all that she offended with her racist insensitive remarks. This is an entirely just form of retribution and punsihment for the likes of her.

To US PATRIOT, the hell with you and your bullsh!t! The founding fathers were a bunch of slave-owning racist bastards, and I don’t give a flying f*ck as to what their intentions were. The America that is flaunted as being so “great” today is supposed to let everyone live the way that they intend and not be discriminated against because of it. So it doesn’t mean that we all need to be forced into celebrting Christmas or conform to any other predominantly White/European traditions. If I want to celebrate Chanukah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, or anything else (or even nothing at all for that matter), then that is my right AS AN AMERICAN to do so! And it sure as hell doesn’t make me any less American, except perhaps to cultural bigots such as yourself. So do us all a favor and get your old-school racist way of thinking out of our America you stupid prejuidiced son-of-a-b!tch.

To B RANT, you want to exercise “free speech” do you? Well, sure go right ahead you dumb racist f*cktard, but be prepared for a swift JUSTIFIED reaction to what you say! That is the TRUE American way you hate-monger enabling piece of sh!t.

If there is anyone else that want to continue supporting this dumb b!tch or the concept of being proudly racist, feel free to respond and I’ll gladly tear you a new one!

I do think it is absurd that people are threatening this woman and her family and posting her personal private information because of the video. You may not agree with what she said but that does not give you the right to post threats against this woman, her family, or post her personal private information.

Really? An earthquake and tsunami hits Japan and all of a sudden all the Asians at UCLA are calling their family??? Are you kidding me? This girl’s rant was a small little hate speech clearly to belittle Asians for who they are having no remorse for the thousands of lives lost in Japan. When we lost the thousands of lives during the 9/11 attack…that was heartbreaking and that’s only a fraction of the casualties compared to Japans loss. The bottom line, innocent lives were lost and they didn’t deserve it. For Ms. Wallace to understand the devastation overseas and to make such a video is like kicking someone who is already down to stay down.

Really…if someone stepped out in front of the million man march back then and said the “N” word, I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t tolerate it. For someone to say “Ching-chong-ling-long” on youtube is just asking for it. I don’t know why it comes to a surprise that she’s gotten death threats. Let’s not try to portray the Asians as the ones who are in the wrong for making death threats.

thalooch

You are right. I don’t know much about UCLA students.

I am glad that racism is not a problem in UCLA campus to prompt the university to engage it. I also wonder how is LA overall and if the university considers racism in the city something of concern. It may be that it isn’t a big problem in LA either. Can’t judge, I only be there once. and I saw lots of traffic but cannot pass judgment about the city based on one quick trip.

I know that there is racism in El Paso, my community, in the local University and in various other cities that I’ve been too.

BTW, celebrating diversity is not anti-racist work. Eating burrito, sushi, barbecue ribs, listening to mariachis and jazz and having Cesar Chavez Day and MLK is not anti-racist work. It is cultural tourism. Also, since you probably have special days for various cultures, you probably have one day or week to celebrate white culture. I guess that during that day or week, UCLA teaches about George Washington and a few other American heroes during that week.

We are not that fortunate in El Paso. There is one week for Hispanics, Cesar Chavez and that sort of stuff. There is also a black history month. The rest of the time is white history and culture. Worse of all, it is not referred as white history and culture even though over 90% of the characters are white men. It’s as if people of color must not have contributed in any way to the culture, nor have women. Indigenous people are rarely mentioned or studies and people no very little about indigenous cultures and the contribution of minority communities.

I’m glad that all this is already covered in UCLA.

BTW, there is nothing to celebrate in anti-racist work because racism is devastating. 400 of slavery, poisoning of migrant workers with pesticides, exterminating indigenous communities after stealing their land, enslaving Asians to work in the railroad, Nuking Nagasaki and Hiroshima and Napalming Vietnam and Cambodia are not things to celebrate. These are things to study and understand to become critical citizens.

I guess that UCLA is doing all this, since an academic institution of such reputation probably teaches comprehensive history and political science to all students. But, I guess, they may not have done such a great job if students think that anti-racist work consists of celebrating diversity.

Okay I’m not even ASAIN and I don’t accept her apology……….that’s BULLSHIT and she needs to start putting down that fake hair fake boobs and loads of makeup because shes fake as FUCK

Why are people making such a big deal out of it? im asian but the way i saw it was— a major comedy sketch. :) Really now, if you have time to complain about others, you should use that time to d something about it. Why complain to other people over the internet when you should get up and take approach? Right now, im surprised the girl hasnt killed herself yet! The only issue i have with this, is her apology. I mean, even if she only made the apology because she was forced to, she should have at lease TRIED to make it sound like she cared. Then, she wouldnt have to have all these people complaining about it. Besides, the only reason she didnt apologize to anyone outside the UCLA campus was probably because she cant go anywhere else now Lol. She should just “disappear” for a period of time come back a few so-and-so’s later and just watch—- no one will even remember ;) the only people who actually have a right to complain are the people who’ve suffered do to the tsunami. Other people who are complaining probably just need something or someone to direct their anger at c=