UCLA Student Who Posted Racist Rant Online Receives Death Threats

WESTWOOD (KTLA) -- A UCLA          And, Wallace even noted the
student whose racist rant          disaster in her posting, "I
about 'Asians in the Library,      swear they're going through
' is reportedly receiving          their whole families, just
death threats.                     checking on everybody from
In the nearly three-minute         the tsunami thing. ... Like,
video, the student,                you seriously should go
identified as Alexandra            outside if you're going to do
Wallace, rants about the           that."
"hordes of Asian people that       Wallace mimics an Asian
UCLA accepts into our school."     student answering a cell
Wallace claims not be talking      phone in the school's library
about her 'cool' Asian             by saying, "Ohhhhhhhh! Ching
friends, but goes on to            chong ling long ting tong!
describe other Asians at UCLA      Ohhhhhhh!"
as spoiled, rude and               "Hi. In America, we do not
unintelligible.                    talk on our cell phones in
Campus police tell the 'Daily      the library!" she rants.
Bruin' that the political          Wallace issued an apology
science major, has sought the      through UCLA's newspaper, the
protection of campus police        Daily Bruin, saying she
after she received several         couldn't explain why she made
calls and emails from people       the remarks.
threatening revenge.               "Clearly the original video
UCPD spokeswoman Nancy             posted by me was
Greenstein says police             inappropriate," she said. "I
advised her to take a number       cannot explain what possessed
of precautions and are             me to approach the subject as
currently working to ensure        I did, and if I could undo it,
her safety.                        I would."
Phil Gussin, Wallace’s             UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
political science professor,       issued the following
told the newspaper that            statement on Monday:
Wallace contacted him with         "I am appalled by the
concern about how she would        thoughtless and hurtful
take her finals.                   comments of a UCLA student
Gussin said Wallace told him       posted on YouTube. Like many
that police advised her to         of you, I recoil when someone
reschedule her final exams in      invokes the right of free
light of the death threats         expression to demean other
and information posted online      individuals or groups.
that listed her class              The university is examining
schedule and exam locations.       the video to see if it
The video first surfaced           violates any part of the
Friday, the day an earthquake      student code of conduct.
and tsunami rocked Japan.                                        

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