( \8 g+ J7 ` }UCSD professor apologizes for web site slur* g+ j1 D" @# b
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# F- p1 f% E% l8 i4 A8 |2 TClifford 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. . m2 M# G8 i3 F: L! z4 j/ z7 V% ?$ l9 a/ S1 k+ f& D; F, O
In a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.”# |' U3 o$ b: n1 {
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The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics." }# c! C n3 f1 r6 v/ N. i
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University officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday. ) g, X! l2 T) @: t- ^0 J2 {; G3 c; s9 u- D
Kubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads:7 T' Y) y7 x; N6 o
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“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.”
