Should Alexandra Wallace Be Expelled from UCLA for Racist YouTube Video?
Now that UCLA student Alexandra Wallace has confirmed that she did in fact put up the racist “Asians in the Library” YouTube video that caused such a fuss over the weekend, more and more students are raising the issue of what punishment — if any — she should face.
For her part, Wallace has apologized, and is laying low. But what’s next?
Rumors of Wallace’s expulsion from UCLA have been flying, driving “alexandra wallace expelled” to the top of search term lists on this story. University officials told the Daily Bruin that they intended to, in the newspaper’s words “examine Wallace’s video to see if it violates any part of the student code of conduct,” and UCLA’s chancellor yesterday sent an email to the campus community declaring that “speech that expresses intolerance toward any group of people on the basis of race or gender, or sexual, religious or cultural identity is indefensible