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UCSD professor apologizes for web site slur/ M! ]( G; }6 P1 q( c+ p
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May 24, 2011 3 [& J' r! T" O# d+ A6 ^: [( ` , _5 V7 a' C: l; `# z4 L3 l# _* V; O% VClifford 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.' x- E+ f3 B5 `" o: g+ W
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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.”2 M( P, j% ~: o8 r& s H. w. B
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The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics." ]6 r& P% U3 b+ d# w: H I' C6 x
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University officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday. + \9 k/ Z( \/ e/ p, g5 B5 \+ |4 V% l. ?- e# \- N$ u9 ~$ c/ i* _
Kubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads: / U" g* Y$ h7 j) G! d. P/ Q: X. e0 }3 {9 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.”
