Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by nojs » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:13 AM UTC

Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge
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Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by teekert » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:31 AM UTC

It says it means "That one" in Google translate? What's up with this?

Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by shadow28 » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:32 AM UTC

teekert wrote: post #2

It says it means "That one" in Google translate? What's up with this?

It's pronounced "nega"

Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by edmundhuber » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:32 AM UTC

teekert wrote: post #2

It says it means "That one" in Google translate? What's up with this?

It basically sounds like "n*gga" when said fast.

Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:33 AM UTC

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Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:33 AM UTC

teekert wrote: post #2

It says it means "That one" in Google translate? What's up with this?

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Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by VMG » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:33 AM UTC

Seize all university endowments--the crystallization of privilege--and distribute the money as reparations

Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by chenzhekl » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:34 AM UTC

teekert wrote: post #2

It says it means "That one" in Google translate? What's up with this?

The ponounciation of "那个" in Chinese is similar to "nigger", which makes some students unhappy.

Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by mytailorisrich » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:34 AM UTC

> Last Thursday in your GSBA-542 classes, Professor Greg Patton repeated several times a Chinese word that sounds very similar to a vile racial slur in English. Understandably, this caused great pain and upset among students, and for that I am deeply sorry. It is simply unacceptable for faculty to use words in class that can marginalize, hurt and harm the psychological safety of our students. We must and we will do better.

This was apparently written by a university dean, in a Western country, in 2020. Not during the Dark Ages or the Inquisition, in 2020.

Assuming it's true, if that does not make people pause and doubt human progress, I don't know what will.

Re: Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge

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Post by est » Mon, Sep 07, 2020, 8:34 AM UTC

teekert wrote: post #2

It says it means "That one" in Google translate? What's up with this?

A while a go there was meme on reddit called "nae nae", a Chinese song repeatedly singing "that one that one" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTkNFnDcPLA