1 q9 _( N2 j* r* K3 V) y b- C # W% V- R b' I, e' k9 W7 |7 K: RUCSD professor apologizes for web site slur 5 _% k8 J$ t! X% @ o / _1 y1 h4 `. FMay 24, 2011 8 w" `) K/ x7 K. } 7 M. G: f* O6 V r, ]* t+ uClifford 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./ S8 t$ d7 Q- F; E5 J5 c% E8 W: S1 \, Z
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In a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.” 8 v( \/ b$ P) _0 q& M# s8 b# w2 V
The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics. ( E" o% o X- @" h4 O) l2 t ( G4 y( K% U3 ]1 t) T" `3 w; D* TUniversity officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday. 8 P" e6 y7 d2 k% @. z # a+ o: q: m: `+ M5 `5 x0 Z7 ~Kubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads: - {. f) E$ W: Q# Z3 r, d # v, I7 Z3 }* F# Z“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.”
