What a racist.

People like her bring shame to UCLA and the idea of what being an “American” is.

If this turns out to be real, I really hope that UCLA won’t allow her to go scot-free under the veil of “free speech”. She is a disgrace to UCLA.

super good at giving white people a bad name hahah

The remarks she made about Asians and the tsunami were definitely uncalled for. I can empathize that students can be loud in the library and it can be distracting especially during finals week but there is no need to single out Asians in particular. What she should have done is ask the librarians to do something about it. Instead, she decided to waste her precious study time and make a video to post on the Internet. Why does it matter if someone’s parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers and cousins visit their apartments? They do it because they care and love each other! It really is none of her business to be quite honest. Why even bring up the tsunami? It is really insensitive and disrespectful to all those that have been affected by this tragedy. Right now there are people who have lost their homes and loved ones. They are people who are starving and don’t have clean water to drink and this is her ignorant response to that? I don’t know what her problem is but I do not believe she is a good representation of UCLA or the American people. Hopefully the university will take appropriate action.

Diversity Requirement, anyone?

I’m an Asian and UCLA alumna. Honestly, she had a good point of people should obey the rules and stop talking in library. I believe many of us are as annoyed as her. THAT BEING SAID, her mistakes are (a) singling out a race and (b) singling out a race publicly. (a) (b) = racism.

Some would say she deleted the video asap and it wasn’t her fault that it got out of her hand. I say, being an adult and a college student and maybe even a fellow bruin, she should be perfectly aware of this possible consequence. If she willingly posted it, viewers are free to share.

Instead of delete it and merely feeling bad for what she did, It’s time for her to learn that there are consequences for her behaviors. If she was really a UCLA student, I hope to see UCLA having a formal reaction.

We still have free speech in this country. Public institutions, like the UC, may not discriminate against this girl in any way.

FYI, Asian UCLA Alumnus. Agreed, she deserves much of the ridicule being heaped onto her but the UCLA administration cannot and should not take any actions against her. She, like everyone else, has a right to publicly state their opinions, however misguided they might be.

The racism and sexism displayed towards the young lady in the Youtube comments is truly abhorrent. While her comments were ill-considered and offensive, the response of the commentators was at least as bad. Some of these disgusting individuals even called for her to be raped. Sickening.

This is UCLA’s opportunity to break down the dichotomy of people of Asian culture not being full Americans. I really did not care about her library rant, it was her way of imposing the “American Way” and how Asians do not know how to live like Americans.

She’s not a minority in her thought either, go to the Inland Empire for case studies. Asians are slowly migrating past the 57 freeway.

For the Free Speech supporters, the Supreme Court states that “hate speech” is not covered under the 1st Amendment.

I’ll just repost here what I posted on the Youtube page:

It upsets me that she attends the school I’m proud to say fostered a deep appreciation for other cultures in me. From my time in Japan to my roommate from Botswana, I cherished learning first-hand about other cultures and came out better for it.

I certainly hope she learns to embrace the cultural exchange open to her at UCLA rather than hate it because there will probably never be a better opportunity for her to than now.

I appreciate that you haven’t accused Alexandra Wallace as being the person in the video, because that has yet to be proved.

Free speech is allowed but not hate speech.

Hate Speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is forbidden because it may incite violence or prejudicial action against or by a protected individual or group, or because it disparages or intimidates.

This is hate speech. She should be prosecuted but she won’t because she’s an “all American” girl.

Sorry, but hate speech is also free speech in the US, like it or not. Hate speech is not and cannot be prosecuted in the US. It is protected under the first amendment. The only time it’s illegal is if someone is using it to make death threats, etc.

Some universities have policies and codes disallowing hate speech however. But there have been several court cases, including one in California at Stanford, where those codes were ruled illegal.

There’s free speech and there’s hate speech, but people tend to forget that there’s no such thing as the freedom from consequence of speech. Everything we say has some sort of consequence and no one is truly immune. This lady here is learning that the hard way.

I think people largely overreacted on the internet. While she was being ignorant, it’d be hard to classify her actions as hate speech. I think the twitter posts about the tsunami are a better example.

With that said, we know it’s for sure Alexandra Wallace because the original video was posted from her own youtube account “lastyleexaminer” before she removed it herself and somebody else posted it. The contact email of the Alexandra Wallace from the Style Examiner website is the same contact email as the Alexandra Wallace from the UCLA directory. So… it’s definitely Alexandra Wallace.

As much as I’m offended with this girl’s repugnant comments, I also think that the commenters are overacting a little. I mean to the point where her personal info (home address, phone number, email) is being reposted and distributed all over the internet and to the point where there are comments about raping her and killing her, comments about sexism (what does this have to do with Asians in the library?), and just very inappropriate comments. I understand that people are mad, but comments and posts such as these are just as bad. As much as she does deserve all the bad and evil things, she shouldn’t have to fear for her safety.

Just because hate speech may still be protected as free speech, it doesn’t make it right. I understand that she may be safe from any legal repercussion, but should any one of you witness anybody make a disparaging remark specifically aimed at your race/social group/heritage/etc., I challenge you to just shrug it off and say “Eh, she has a right to her opinion, so it doesn’t hurt in any way”. Sure, you’re legally obligated to acknowledge that she has a right to her opinion, but can you just turn off the hurt just based on that alone? And because the hurt exists, you know there is some sort of injustice going on. I believe that while free speech is an important right. But just like any other right, it can be abused… and hate speech is such an example. And the fact that it’s still technically “allowed” is merely a limitation or loophole of the existing law… and just because it’s the law as it currently stands, this doesn’t make it correct.

But let’s just put all legal arguments aside, and just focus on the simple question: As a Bruin, are you PROUD to have this woman represent us as a community?

You people don’t know what kind of speech is protected and unprotected!

They include obscenity, defamation, fighting words, and incitement. That girl made some really stupid, ignorant comments but none of that fell under unprotected speech.

Just saying.

But yeah. She’s such a disgrace to UCLA.

How is this not defamation? She made Asian people sound like rude, barbaric, weak, vermin.

Is UCLA going to offer “How to act American” classes now?

To ?:

It’s not defamation, because under the law, ALL of the following have to true to prove defamation:

1) Statement has to be false.
2) Statement is made with at least negligence.
3) Statement causes harm.

I like how she makes it seem like America is the ONLY country in the world where talking on the cell phone when you’re in the library is inappropriate!

She sounds just like the Ms. Teen South Carolina. Remember her? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
If she really is a UCLA student, then the admission standards at UCLA must have really deteriorated.

I In response to C -phy sci gal “t’s not defamation, because under the law, ALL of the following have to true to prove defamation:”

1) Statement has to be false.
Hordes of Asian people coming to UCLA is problematic?
All asian people create a disturbance in the library every 5 minutes?
Anyone of asian ethnicity or descent will always be considered distinct from ‘americans’ who she implies should be classified only as ‘white americans’
Seems pretty false to me.
2) Statement is made with at least negligence.
She is definitely aware of the inherent racism in her statements, her attempts to frame her comments with ‘no offence’ actually draws attention to the fact that she acknowledges that her comments are discriminatory.
3) Statement causes harm.
It perpetrates an atmosphere of discrimination and racism towards an ethnic minority. For her to receive no offical reprimandation or repercussions would suggest that discrimination and racism towards asians is acceptable, or at least officially acceptable. This causes harm to the community, and society in general.
Also, it alienates an entire subsection of american citizens and defames them by suggesting that they are not and never can be true americans.

good enough?

The apology is so casual. more like “woops, my bad, hope there’s no hard feeling!” And for whomever quoting laws here: yeah we all know she didn’t break any laws. But laws don’t take care of emotions. What she said clearly are false, and they are definitely hurtful.