Indian-Americans slam University of Pennsylvania professor for his derogatory remarks
Highlight
- Indian-Americans slam UPN professor for his derogatory remarks
- The professor also targeted the community of Indian-American doctors
- This is not the first time the professor has made anti-Asian remarks
Prominent Indian-Americans, including US Congressman Raja Krishnamurthy, have reprimanded a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania for derogatory comments about the Asian American community, with a specific disdain for Indian-Americans. In a recent interview to Fox News, University of Pennsylvania professor Amy Wax alleged that “blacks” and “non-Western” groups hold “a huge amount of resentment and embarrassment against Westerners.” [their] External achievements and contributions. ,
“Here’s the problem. They are taught that they are better than everyone else because they are Brahmin elite and yet, on some level, their country is a sh*thole,” Wax, who has a long history of inflammatory comments, said. said. She also said that Westerners have outnumbered and outnumbered Asian Americans in every way. “They feel that we have outdone them in every way… They get angry. They feel jealous. They feel ashamed. It breeds the most monstrous kind of ungratefulness,” she said. said.
Subsequently, Wax also targeted the influential Indian-American doctor’s community. “They’re on the ramparts for anti-racism initiatives to ‘dump on America’,” she alleged. The remark was condemned by Indian-Americans across America. In a tweet, Krishnamurthy said, “After President Trump stepped down, I thought the days of calling others a “shithole” country were over. It is disgusting to hear Indian-American immigrants and all non-white Americans being defined in such derogatory terms,” he said. Stating that such comments stem from hatred and fear, he stressed That this kind of conversation makes it very difficult to carry out common-sense immigration reform.” Comments like these are fueled by hatred and fear, and they do real harm to my constituents and our minority communities. They perpetuate hate crimes against minorities, and they make common sense immigration reform very difficult to accomplish,” Krishnamurthy said.
Indian-American law professor Neil Makhija also slammed Wax for his comments. “It is irresponsible to use your position to give credence to these openly racist sentiments that do not recognize Indian-Americans for who we are,” he told Axios. Indian-American influence is set to hold a summit in DC next month. Makziha told Axios he plans to adjust programming to discuss the incident and create solutions against Asian and South Asian hatred in educational settings. “The most unfortunate thing is that we have so many brilliant and incredible students in law school,” she told NBC News, “It makes you question whether she can make reasonable grades or educate.” US media reported that this is not the first time controversial comments about the Wax breed have gone viral.
Her appearance on Carlson’s show isn’t the first time Wax has made anti-Asian remarks. In an interview in December, she said that Indian Americans should be more “grateful” to live in the US and that the country would be “better with fewer Asians”. NBC News reported that Penn has confirmed that the school is in the midst of disciplinary proceedings against Wax. “The University of Pennsylvania Kerry Law School has previously clarified that Professor Wax’s views do not reflect our values or practices,” it quoted a representative as saying. “In January 2022, Dean Ruger announced that he would move forward with a University Faculty Senate process to address Professor Wax’s escalating conduct, and that process is ongoing,” the report quoted a Penn representative as saying.
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