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Again, context is everything. What an utterly spineless, pathetic response from a risk averse management type - to throw their colleague under the bus.

• thinkloop 6y ago
  The only way to solve that problem is to create risk for the spineless behavior.
• rvz 6y ago
  > Again, context is everything. Exactly. Otherwise it is nothing more than a politically correct reaction to everything that moves in the direction of what they think is 'offensive'. Even if it unintentionally "sounds" like it. For the professor there is no 'Please, I can explain...' and there is no redemption. Instantly found guilty. This is the clownworld order folks.
• mkwx 6y ago
  It is not necessarily spineless. These types thrive on "divide et impera" and occasionally ruining other people's lives. It is all they can do.
• koheripbal 6y ago
  Cancel culture is just getting started. What began on Twitter has been moving into HR departments and school administrations around the country.
• clairity 6y ago
  > "...utterly spineless, pathetic response from a risk averse management type..." the same thing happens with the corona responses of universities. colleges could open with distancing rules, sensible mask usage (inside, not outside), testing, and swift quarantine. that would basically eliminate spread in the learning environment. the problem, of course, is outside the learning environment, where students will inevitably let their guards down and mix unsafely, but that's not the purview of the university. these are (young) adults, and the university's responsibilities end at the campus edge. what the university can do is refuse access to the infected on campus (in conjunction with plentiful testing), and provide swift and compassionate support for students who do get infected (and can't come on campus), without overstepping into paternalism. then the responsible students will have access to the education they desire (and paid for), while the irresponsible will be denied (temporarily, likely having to repeat a semester or even a year). this will incentivize good behavior without resorting to autocratic mismanagement like this.
• csomar 6y ago
  I did some Chinese courses last year and "na ge" is something that will get repeated frequently because of how Chinese make their sentences. There is another one "nei ge". They are an important part of the Chinese language. Edit: just watched the video. He was not teaching a chinese course. A bit of a suspicious example he picked if you ask me.
  • DuskStar 6y ago
    On the other hand, if you're an African American doing a business deal in China, it is also almost certainly the best example, and might genuinely be the most valuable thing that you take away from that class. Specifically, "sometimes people speaking Mandarin say something that sounds like 'ni__er'. It is not actually 'ni__er', and is completely unrelated to my race." That could easily be the difference between "deal" and "end of relationship".
    • csomar 6y ago
      The filler word is "nei ge" and not "neh gah". The "ge" is pronounced as "gue" and "nei" like "ney". But it might have been a totally innocent mistake.
  • samus 6y ago
    He was teaching a communications class and was currently discussing filler worlds in various languages. Sounds completely on-topic to me.