6 H( Y& w+ u2 O4 S5 wUCSD professor apologizes for web site slur & n& P b) l9 H$ ^. t 0 k$ ^5 C0 }& X$ {" I& c0 MMay 24, 2011 4 w/ V' e4 p+ @9 l# F, C G7 e3 h" k1 \; M$ E5 g$ D3 GClifford 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. % v$ ~3 E; R! d; y* r8 b$ O/ ] - ^6 {1 |1 N" ~5 b F2 D% E0 [6 BIn a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.”; U, y+ L% D8 T. } U) C
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The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics. ' `0 U- H% e% y* [( L% X6 S $ r+ v2 p- o2 U( SUniversity officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday.1 {3 l9 ?$ V. p$ j" |- u+ E
1 \) [# t( }7 `, j9 } GKubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads:" @( ]; n; {: A/ X$ X' C
4 ]1 n2 |1 l `7 `' P“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.”
