Alexandra Wallace – Asian’s in the Library rant
Posted in Rants, Reviews, Social Sites, Uncategorized on March 25th, 2011 by Joan Mae – Be the first to commentWell, this is actually just one of the hundreds of blog and video responses to the UCLA student’s infamous “Asian’s in the Library” youtube video. I personally think that video was very inappropriate , specially that it turned viral shortly after the Japan’s tsunami disaster . For those of you who got no idea of what the video is all about, she was actually trying to make a humorous video rant about Asian’s having no manners, talking aloud over the phone, inside the library , while she’s busy with her finals.
Well, if she’s really that annoyed , thats understandable, but post something like that in Youtube and attacking Asian’s in general is .. offensive. Well, there’s freedom of speech and there’s stupid-racist speech, and I think she did the latter with flying colors. She even referenced Japan’s tsunami, mocked about asian’s talking over the phone with their loved ones, blew it off like it was just a minor thing. I mean, I dont hate her really, but the video was completely inappropriate.
The video unfortunately, made a huge backlash on her, she received death threats and got her personal information published in public. A serious backfire.. I feel sorry for her..
An apology letter she made in UCLA’s online news source , the Daily Bruins :
In an attempt to produce a humorous YouTube video, I have offended the UCLA community and the entire Asian culture. I am truly sorry for the hurtful words I said and the pain it caused to anyone who watched the video. Especially in the wake of the ongoing disaster in Japan, I would do anything to take back my insensitive words. I could write apology letters all day and night, but I know they wouldn’t erase the video from your memory, nor would they act to reverse my inappropriate action.
I made a mistake. My mistake, however, has lead to the harassment of my family, the publishing of my personal information, death threats, and being ostracized from an entire community. Accordingly, for personal safety reasons, I have chosen to no longer attend classes at UCLA.
Alexandra Wallace
Lesson learned..







