[Academiadotorg]

When fact-checking universities, you have to start at the top.

[piasa]

At least he got “republic” right and did not call the country a democracy.

[Hoodat]

Seeing how he is not actually from the US, it is understandable how he got this wrong. Yet it also showcases why he shouldn’t be lecturing us on common American values.

[Jim from C-Town]

This is the exalted Constitutional Professor! A true genius.

Jesus, My Latin is better and I took one course twenty five years ago in Catholic High School.

[piasa]

E Pluribus Unum is one of the US mottos... the original one, in fact. It was not to my knowledge ever engraved on our coins, but has been and still is printed on our paper bills as part of the image of our national seal.

[Don Corleone]

He failed both history and Latin on this one.

[sauropod]

A message to my Alma Mater:

Shame on you Dr. Loh. Erasing history is a way to ensure we repeat it.

You’re making UMD a laughingstock.

[piasa]

I’m also doubtful the founders were thinking of multiculturalism when they chose E pluribus unum for the seal... it is more likely they were thinking along the lines of a bunch of states forming one union.

[smokingfrog]

The motto E pluribus unum alludes to the union between the states and federal government, as symbolized by the shield on the eagle's breast. The thirteen stripes "represent the several states all joined in one solid compact entire, supporting a Chief, which unites the whole & represents Congress."

[wideawake]

It’s a legitimate mistake. He never uses currency - he just charges everything on his university credit card.

[Bigg Red]

...it’s hard to figure out how Loh committed such an atrocious mistake....

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Affirmative-action hire?

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

But it is a national motto, it is on our coins. It means from many, one. It is a reference to the many states that came together to form the United States. Its meaning is the opposite of diversity. We are one, period.

People say it means from many peoples, we are one. That’s fine because the whole point is the “one” part. We are one people. or at least we should be.

[This_far]

Most people, thanks to the media and socialists, probably think the US motto is (The New Colossus) ‘give us your tired, your poor’.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!