Tag: Xenophobia

Social Justice

Pitt Diversity Forum Brings Together Higher Ed Stakeholders to Confront Systemic Racism

Over 12,000 educators and students around the world convened virtually this week to participate in the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion forum titled, “Advancing Social Justice: A Call to Action.”

July 30, 2020

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Law Professor Wonders on Twitter if One of His Chinese Students Brought Back Coronavirus

Stephen Bainbridge, a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law professor,  wondered last week on Twitter whether one of his Chinese students brought back the coronavirus from China, reported Law 360 and Above The Law. After a strongly worded letter of condemnation from the school’s students, for racism and xenophobia, Bainbridge apologized publicly […]

April 16, 2020

Asian American Pacific Islander

SFSU Asian American Studies Chair Documents Trump’s “Chinese Virus” Hate

From March 20- April 1, Dr. Russell Jeung and community activists set up a “Stop-AAPI-Hate” website to record incidents of discrimination toward Asian Americans.

April 6, 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19-Related ‘Prejudice and Xenophobia’ On Campus is ‘Offensive’, Says U of Rochester President

University of Rochester president Sarah Mangelsdorf  said on Sunday recent incidents on campus of “prejudice and xenophobia” related to the coronavirus are  “offensive” and “antithetical to our values.” She said the university’s vice president for equity and inclusion and some other groups on campus alerted her to these incidents. “… be aware of the corrosive […]

April 1, 2020

COVID-19

U of California Issues Guidance: Don’t Use Term “Chinese Virus”

The University of California (UC) system has issued a ‘guidance document’ advising campus officials, faculty, administrators, students and staff to not use the term “Chinese virus” to describe the coronavirus, according to a copy of the document posted on the UCLA medical school website. “Do not use terms such as ‘Chinese Virus’ or other terms […]

March 24, 2020

Asian American Pacific Islander

The President’s Diversity Values Stink

While there is no vaccine for COVID-19 we do have a vaccine for the ignorance of xenophobia. It’s called knowledge. President Trump can use a little of that right now, instead of shooting from the lip as he did numerous times on live television last week.

March 24, 2020

COVID-19

U of Minnesota Suspends A Program After Controversial Coronavirus Skit

The University of Minnesota removed a student from his leadership position at a student program, and then suspended the program, after he directed a controversial skit depicting the coronavirus turning people into zombies, reported Minnesota Daily. What happened was that, in February, students performed a skit that depicted people turning into zombies after a student […]

March 19, 2020

COVID-19

Asian Students Continue to Face Racism Amid COVID-19 Fears

As fear surrounding COVID-19 continues to grow, Asian students continue to face racist and xenophobic behavior from their peers at various institutions. On Monday, Pipe Dream, the student paper at Binghamton University in New York, reported various recent racist incidents on its campus as a result of the virus. When the Kappa Phi Lambda, an […]

March 17, 2020

Opinion

‘Go Back to Your Country’ A Direct Threat to US Higher Education

U.S. academic institutions need to fight messages of hate and bigotry, and engage in an open conversation across their communities about racism and xenophobia that seem to be escalating in certain circles of the American society.

August 20, 2019