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Another point that slightly offended me was her generalization that Asian parents go cook/clean for their kids on the weekend. I'm Asian, but don't really see this myself. But at the same time I can see some people doing that. Also, maybe they're just hiring maids to cook/clean. Besides those two points, I didn't have any problem with her rant. I also get your point about her thinking UCLA belongs to America, and by extension belongs to her, an American. I don't think she has anymore right to go to UCLA than anyone else, but I do agree UC schools are OURS. It's a University of California; CA residents also have cheaper tuition. So in a way I don't disagree with her. Basically my point is that UCLA is an American school; when foreigners come here to study, they should follow the local customs/culture/rules. I see her rant as calling out all of those people who lack common courtesy and are inconsiderate of others. She may have stereotyped Asians as the culprit, but I'm willing to bet 80+% of the people she saw talking on cell phones are Asian. I agree they probably were not Japanese but were Chinese exchange students from mainland China. I may have just stereotyped mainland Chinese, but at the same time I still stand behind my statement and think it's true. She just called it as she saw it. I don't think she should get reprimanded at all for what she said. Truth is the truth, even if she sounded like a ditz. She could definitely have presented herself better, but I can see kernels of truth in her complaint. Don't really see any further need to debate this though. We pretty much agree on the same thing. She sounds like dumb but has some merit in her rant. |
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03-16-2011, 06:28 PM | #134 |
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I work on a UC campus and this shit happens ALL THE TIME. Drives me crazy!
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03-16-2011, 07:12 PM | #136 |
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Peter Chao is pretty funny.
Should she be expelled? Nah. She's learning a valuable lesson that freedom of speech doesn't equal freedom from ridicule for saying dumb shit.
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03-16-2011, 07:17 PM | #138 | |
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From what I've observed, foreign students are usually much better at conforming to cultural standards than the local students themselves. I am making a fairly broad generalization, but the international students I encountered in college were usually quite polite and well-mannered. On the other hand, most, if not all, of the 'trouble' (drug dealing, drunken debaucheries, trouble with the police, racial slurs, etc.) was caused by local, American students. And I absolutely see nothing wrong with families helping out their children in college. In my culture in any case, your family takes care of you until you are truly on your feet (married and settled). And when your family gets older, you take care of them. That's why you never see Asian people kicking their parents and grandparents out of the house, and you rarely see their elders in 'retirement communities' aka nursing homes. It's that level of family/parental involvement that leads us to becoming educated and joining society as productive members. Isn't that what cultural values are all about? Do Americans really want us to move towards the American "culture" of ditching your family and getting out of the house the moment you hit 18? |
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He's one of the many Youtube stars I can't stand.
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03-16-2011, 11:54 PM | #143 |
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I hope this thing settles down soon. It was only just mildly offensive. If anything she only embarassed herself. This is getting way out of proportion and doesn't deserve all the shit she's getting. Death threats? come on now...
This is just a product of a naive girl who thinks every opinion and life experience needs to be expressed and heard over the internet... No way she should be expelled from school. It's pretty embarassing for the school but no way warrants an expulsion. She will probably want to take her out of school anyways though. It's gonna be pretty uncomfortable going to school after this... |
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03-17-2011, 12:07 AM | #144 |
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wow i just watched a ton of his videos. guy's a beast.
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03-17-2011, 12:19 AM | #145 |
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He needs to cover some better songs
but he is loading the UCLA song to Itunes, and all of the proceeds are going to Japan
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yea he's very (very) talented
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03-17-2011, 07:48 PM | #152 |
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meh. UCLA = satellite school.
anyway, its undergrad, people do stupid shit in the main stacks/library. my own pet peeve in undergrad was the white people in the weedout math and physics classes for engineers always wanting to copy our homework right before it was due to be turned in.
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