Posted on 03/15/2011 6:44:20 PM PDT by reaganaut1
LOS ANGELES — When Alexandra Wallace recorded her rant about Asian students using cellphones in the library at the University of California, Los Angeles, she was alone, speaking to her computer.
But since she posted the three-minute video to YouTube, Ms. Wallace, a third-year political science student at U.C.L.A., has achieved a sudden, unwelcome celebrity: her video has been viewed by millions of people, and she has become the subject of nationwide condemnation and the catalyst of a debate about racial intolerance and free speech.
“Please expel this ignorant woman immediately,” Kiki Gyrle wrote on Facebook, where there are many posts about Ms. Wallace, some too profane to print. “Tolerating such discourse of hate and racism is now being construed as policy to condone such tirades.”
In the video, Ms. Wallace complains about Asian students in the school library using their cellphones to call family members after the tsunami in Japan. At one point, she mimics people speaking an Asian language.
“The problem is these hordes of Asian people that U.C.L.A. accepts into our school every single year, which is fine,” Ms. Wallace said in the video. “But if you’re going to come to U.C.L.A., then use American manners.”
Robert Hernandez, a professor of Internet journalism at the University of Southern California, said Ms. Wallace’s story served as a reminder of the need to be aware of your “digital footprint” in the Internet age. “People feel a false sense of privacy on the Internet that isn’t there,” he said.
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On Monday, U.C.L.A.’s chancellor, Gene Block, released a statement that deemed the video “thoughtless and hurtful” and called for a more civil discourse. Officials said the university was looking into possible disciplinary action against Ms. Wallace.
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The First Amendment doesn’t apply, because she’s not facing any criminal charges.
Is she from Cali?
It's a very long student meme about manners in the library. It's not particularly racial, and at worst this young lady's content is very consistent with a quite run of the mill Margaret Cho routine.
How come we never heard any of these dumbass calls for “civil discourse” during the union’s Crap In at the Madison capitol building?
Wonder what a rant against blacks would do.
Burn have the hood down
It would ruin her life though, and the university receives government funds.
Yes, the 1st amendment DOES apply.
There have been MANY test cases.
Then just say, “Shove it, UCLA! MY tuition $$$$$ pays YOUR salary”. While it is more than understandable that students keep in touch with their Japanese relatives under the present circumstances, they ought to do so outdoors...aren’t libraries supposed to be “QUIET”?
She did nothing illegal
The death threats should be punished to the fullest extent of law.
The death threats come from leftists, therefore the official response will be, “Whassamatter... Can’t you take a joke?”/sarcasm
Alexandra seems to have forgotten that foreigners who come to America get first dibs on everything, especially if they're illegal aliens. Plus, they can be just as rude as they want. Now shut up and sit down, Alexandra.
What did she say?
And?
‘Alexandra seems to have forgotten that foreigners who come to America get first dibs on everything, especially if they’re illegal aliens.’
She was specifically complaining about Japanese students. I had not heard about a big problem with illegal Japanese immigrants.
Did she say UCLA stood for you see a lot of Asians? (Runs ducking)
and finally I should say this, I would HIT IT so hard she would be speaking in a foreign tongue - ching cong !
Did she mention the Asian quotas that they now apply at the top UC campii? Essentially, they would get overrun by Asians if they admitted all of them on merit...so they hold them to an even higher standard than they do whites.
In other words, in a fair world, she probably would not even be there.
The university officials would exterminate her and the media would claim that she ws a Republican...
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