4 E7 M6 l; _7 K9 O* UUCSD 校长Marye Anne Fox23日发表公开信表示,UCSD对该校出现如此愚钝(Insensitive)和攻击的言语表示诚挚歉意。他们已要求该教授将不当言论移除,并将进一步与「防止骚扰和歧视办公室」(OPHD)合作处理此事。而当事人Clifford Kubiak教授实验室网站上,24日也出现道歉信。信中说,他之前并没有注意到网站上有如此攻击性语言,深感尴尬,愿为此承担全责。 * o! t, M2 H4 H8 a7 J. Y4 w5 m' a : m, N8 `- \' q8 V8 \2 `8 A ' w$ b' J6 N; n6 L% t+ HUCSD professor apologizes for web site slur; a/ h5 q- @, z R, n" r, H/ v/ F" c8 M
l- Z4 V2 b4 B8 u+ ZMay 24, 2011: i8 F$ O4 \; F8 v$ R
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Clifford 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.+ a3 q: Q0 C5 Z/ Q# l+ P" r, W& G
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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.”( i% l7 G0 s7 c3 n: [4 K$ P
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The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics.% }; Y# u3 O2 `! i- k# }
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University officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday. 3 ?0 ~/ B, R# T( R5 g2 K8 I b) x4 z3 O0 S( A4 u
Kubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads:/ `/ c9 M# q/ W- Q
& u' O+ B. h2 H“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.”