Asians in the Library...
 

My favorite part is "I don't mean against any of my friends, I mean it towards random people who I don't know...."

That's the same thing as "some of my bestfriends are (insert race/ethnicity/culture)."

This young lady looks dumb and sounds dumb. She prefaced her dumb with "I'm not the most politically correct person." That's admission of stupidity which means you need to shut up.

And her friends are dumb as hell if they don't clown the hell out of her. Her Asian friends are idiots if they remain friends with her.

Worst part is how she completely botched up her apology video by slipping in an off-handed racist remark: "white people manners."

Unnecessary.

I already have that posted on my facebook lol. I just don't know how some people can be so shallow... SMH.
A few parts that are true:
1. We do talk loud because that's just how our language is.
2. If we want to talk shit about people around us, we will use our language (for most part :P )
3. We do take our shoes off when we walk in the house.

There are some other good videos out there... Hopefully this girl get mocked for a while....

I hear you but intragroup assessments are different than intergroup assessments. The observations that the many ethnicities and cultures of "Asians" can make of themselves and each other are distinct from nonAsians sitting around and making observations for the purpose of mocking and labeling.

LOL @ some of it
:rolleyes: @ some of it. It's always dumb to revert to sexism (or any other -ism) in response to someone's stupidity (and what some would consider a form of racism).

My wife tells me all the time I talk really loud on the phone when talking to my mom (she's caucasian), even though I don't really notice. You have no idea how many times I get yelled at for wearing shoes in the house...crazy Asian rules.


I know. That was more like a "if you mock me and I will mock you back" mentality. I just hope this can all go away. Unnecessary drama. (hell, by posting this I'm spreading the drama also :p )

The racism and resentment is becoming a big deal at UCLA, and elsewhere in the UC system, Cal State system, and among aspiring California college students in general. A lot of caucasians complain that they can't get into the UC schools because they're filled with asian students from all over the U.S. (many first generation Americans). The people I know who went to UCLA (and this was 10 years ago) used to call it University of Caucasians Lost in Asians. California did away with affirmative action in public school admissions 10-12 years ago, but I know a lot of people who think it should be reinstated so that more white people can get in.

Such folks need to blame someone, right? Anyone who actually believes that does not deserve a place at a UC.

Yep. It's primarily the white folks that wanted to do away with affirmative action admissions. They got what they wanted.

And here we have the statement of the decade. :)

So you are in favor of banning someone who believes a certain way from a public place?

I'm in favor of banning stupid people from UC.

...and GC, for that matter. :D

My friend's younger brother who is currently a student at UCLA says this video has turned the campus into a war zone. It brought all of the racial tension on campus to a head.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, as long as people keep their cool and avoid violence.

but how often does that really happen?

^^ Good point.

I was in LA a couple weeks ago. People still call it that.

@the bolded... Those people do know that affirmative action still wouldn't be for them, right? They do realize it is for groups who have been discriminated against historically, not just whichever group has lower numbers on campus.

Watching that video from a perspective of one who lives LIKE 3000+ miles away reminds me of some spoof.

Did this person actually post this as a serious message? How did SHE get into UCLA? From where I sit, UCLA has always seemed like a very prestigious top tier university, and MAYBE, just MAYBE, that's why there are large numbers of Asians, who are high achievers, who attend the school. Is this girl for real? Is there a building on campus named for a family member?

I'm embarassed for her.

when i was applying to colleges in 1999 for the 2000 school year, the only people they were really accepted into UCLA were those with above a 4.0. the kids also had to be highly involved at their high school. the people who applied had to have a stacked resume, but maybe today the standards aren't the same???

anyways, i just wanted to make a post because the girl that made the video resigned being a student at UCLA. there was such a huge backlash against her and she probably felt uncomfortable and gave up. there was a huge article about her in the orange county register.

she probably NEVER imagined the amount of press it would receive.

Well.....the REALLY important question we are all dying to ask is....was she in a sorority?
(cue the devil emoticon)

Yes, supposedly a Delta Gamma.

Source?

Source is my friend's brother, who is in a fraternity at UCLA and knows the girl. But that's still just hearsay, which is why I said "supposedly."

She's leaving UCLA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_837925.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...awing_fro.html

From the Daily Bruin:
http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/...er_attend_ucla

People shouldn't be threatening her life and releasing her personal information. That's dumb.

But, she's definitely playing the unknowing victim here. Her dumbass knew that she was making an offensive (or potentially offensive) videotape. She didn't release that for comedic value. She released that because she thought she was the voice of the oppressed white folks who are tired of those "model minority" Asians taking over the world.

There's nothing accidental about creating a web video. I do not believe that she is sorry.

Dumb question. Why aren't Asian students who live in, say, Pennsylvania going to Pitt or Bucknell or Penn instead of going all the way out to UCLA? If that's what you mean.

Anyone who talks on their cell in the library regardless of race, gender or anything else should get tossed out.

I'm totally with you on the talking on the cell phone in the library. Last week I was at my local public library picking up a book at the main desk. A woman was talking on her phone inside one of the glassed in "quiet" rooms with the door open at least 100 feet away from that desk, and we all got the full blast of her "private" conversation. I didn't notice what race she was. It was just damn annoying. We need to reinstate phone booths just so annoying people have somewhere to go with their cell phones.

Nice.

I was wondering the same thing, when I heard the story and that it was UCLA. Hey, this is GC -- we're a little fraternity/sorority obsessed! :D

I was fearing that when I saw all of the pink and blue in the background. If she is, I'm sure that there will something mentioned in the Anchora.

Sometimes you've gotta fight fire with fire (i.e. meet rude behavior with more rude behavior) - I might have barked, "WOULD YOU CLOSE THE DOOR" loudly as I was slamming the door closed...ha ha ha ha!!!

Oh, I'm just as sure there WON'T be any mention of it. I saw the pink and blue and thought the same thing. Plus, she IS blonde. :o

I decided to creep on the UCLA DG's Facebook page... didn't see any pictures with her in it.

There are lots of parodies on YouTube by now, but I like this music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWHWWSnxnP8

A UCLA friend (I have one! ;)) said that during finals week there were students on purpose being loud and obnoxious in the library as backlash to all this. Her personal info was found on the UCLA directory and sent all over the internet, she was being sent death threats, etc. and that's why she left UCLA.

I don't wish that kind of terrible social situation on anyone, but she did bring it upon herself. I doubt she apologized because she suddenly sees Asian students as equals or deserving to go to UCLA, she apologized because she was getting so much heat.

This has brought up some discussion on the other side of LA. I don't feel like there's a lot of racial tension at USC quite as much but maybe because I'm white I don't see it. I hope that things are quieting over at UCLA now too.

Backlash to what? Backlash to a girl who DOESN'T EVEN ATTEND UCLA ANYMORE? What she said was ignorant but two dumbs don't make a smart.

It all happened (video posting, backlash) just prior to and during finals week at UCLA.