The most recent incident in the media where someone faced dire consequences due to something they posted on Facebook, is the story of Alexandra Wallace, a UCLA student, posting the racist video "Asians in the Library."
In this video, Alexandra rants about how the Asian students at UCLA are constantly talking loudly on their cell phones in the library. However, Alexandra does not simply state this; in the video, she goes on to specifically single out the Asian students, language, and culture, while putting down and entire race.
It looks as though the video was pathetic attempt to be funny, but it left no one laughing. The video received so much backlash from the UCLA campus and responses to the video, that Alexandra had to withdraw from UCLA because she was receiving death threats. I think this video was a shocking reminder that racism is still very much alive, and we need to stop the ignorance.
Good example. It's also an example of technology getting ahead of common sense. What did she think the reaction would be?
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