7 ~0 K* H8 F* ~- A/ jClifford 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.# ]8 |* B2 s) s. X
& p3 d( J, S$ ^# q! O" vIn a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.”6 A8 y6 k2 }, a X# C$ L
$ M& q. e6 B: n/ `) ?: n- @The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics.- L: u- v% _, O0 o+ ?
. ~1 M8 P1 B& h7 e) H0 XUniversity officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday. / N0 h- E$ }/ G# J& R& t+ v4 V' T' v
Kubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads:5 ^; _. k3 W$ [+ J9 i- n, C
: ^1 \3 ^" c" a( a7 A“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.”
