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UCSD professor apologizes for web site slur 4 u$ ^7 y, ]- A: i1 S! _, h. y 2 k5 B0 U6 B! ?# u7 m# |1 m1 X# fMay 24, 20110 n7 q; i% x, {) t$ I2 q
7 k3 ~+ @, ]! f. m/ I4 S/ AClifford 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. ) \. m4 ^9 v4 I; s5 k$ O& ~ & b! v+ a+ r6 \2 ]! Q7 U$ ?3 tIn a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.” j3 f& @3 y* r
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The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics.) m. z; t- \+ W+ R
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University officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday.' B' I& q! Q4 h8 u, }0 h* l; n1 R
: @5 N I+ ]0 w: C0 V# B9 ?Kubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads:1 ~ L- R K9 J; z9 f" u% ?3 T0 d
$ L L" o5 E/ A0 e0 ^' z“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.”
