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, G1 h6 i% A NClifford Kubiak, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California San Diego, has posted an apology for an offensive term that was used on his laboratory’s website.& Q3 }& n: f( D4 C1 z
3 i; ], X0 Y3 E# F4 Q8 Z0 H( P+ {In a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.” 5 J3 U/ y& q) U/ r9 @1 Q1 e" [ 7 y: r2 O, \ E% B' S ^The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics.' @; j7 E1 A6 R6 @
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University officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday.) v1 l/ j* {: L7 F+ F2 M# k( x# e
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Kubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads: / }/ M2 H- `2 F, E4 N& u . @$ z6 p3 T( [“Please accept my personal and sincere apologies for the insensitive language recently found on my laboratory’s website. I find the language offensive and I am embarrassed by the poor judgment exhibited in posting the offending language. Although I was unaware of the existence of this page until it was brought to my attention, I accept full responsibility. I have taken steps to remove the offending language and will arrange for appropriate training for my research group and me relative to the UCSD Principles of Community.”
