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UCLA Student Video Rant Against Asians

Roselle Chen |
March 14, 2011 | 7:19 p.m. PDT

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Alexandra Wallace (YouTube)
Alexandra Wallace (YouTube)
In the wake of Japan's 9.0 earthquake, a white UCLA student posted a YouTube rant on Asians, ridiculing them because they disturbed her while she studied for finals in the library.

"Ohh, ching chong ling long ting tong," said Alexandra Wallace, giving her impression on Asians who received and made phone calls in the library every "15 minutes" to and from friends and family concerned about people in Japan's earthquake/tsunami while she was immersed in her "political science theories."

She also spoke about "these hordes of Asian people that UCLA accepts into our school every year" and went on to describe how every weekend, "you will always see old Asian people running around this apartment complex...that's what they do, they don't teach their kids to fend for themselves."

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block called the video thoughtless, and university officials are still deciding if Wallace violated any student code of conduct.

Wallace, who has received numerous death threats, took down her post and issued this apology to the The Daily Bruin.  Her video continues, however, to be reposted virally on YouTube.

 

See Wallace's video here:

See Block's video response here:

Reach Roselle here.



 

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