One professor from Duke University sent out an email asking Chinese students not to speak Chinese in school building.pic.twitter.com/6xGkIeScJo
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The last time I checked, U.S. doesn’t have an official language.
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Okay there’s another email sent in Feb 2018 https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A721bdc1d-cecd-483d-ae6e-c4bf4d862d18 …pic.twitter.com/kK6nidQAYY
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Update: Here's the letter from Mary E. Klotman, Dean of School of Medicine. "I have asked the university’s Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) to conduct a thorough review of the Master’s of Biostatistics Program..."pic.twitter.com/Z8JksiJywU
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"Dr. Neely has asked to step down as director of graduate studies for the master’s program effective immediately and will be replaced by an interim DGS to be named shortly."
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NEW: Dr. Neely said she 'deeply regret(s) the hurt my email has caused' in an apology email sent to students. h/t
@TheAPJournalisthttps://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/01/duke-neely-says-she-deeply-regrets-the-hurt-my-email-has-caused-in-note-to-department-students …Show this thread -
FULL TEXT of the apology email sent by Professors Neely and Elizabeth Delongpic.twitter.com/lTISSDCVXx
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@maddieptacin and I did a video, and we interviewed one of the Duke grad students behind the petition.pic.twitter.com/JVOd3XcFBS
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Duke University Director Steps DownA director of graduate studies at Duke University has stepped down after sending an email warning students to stop speaking Chinese on campusShow this thread
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Not an international student, but it seems that she was trying to look out for students and share the feedback she was receiving. Do you see this differently?
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Other staff told her they discriminate against students for speaking Chinese by assuming those students have insufficient English or work ethics. Instead of letting the profs know this is highly inappropriate, she makes it the students’ duty to avoid being discriminated against
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