杜克大學禁止說中文？歧視中國學生？近日，美國杜克大學生物統(tǒng)計系的助理教授梅根·尼利(Megan Neely)向全系學生發(fā)了一封郵件，因涉嫌種族歧視引發(fā)關(guān)注。
郵件中說：有兩位教職員工分別找到她，稱他們在教學區(qū)看到兩名中國學生“大聲說中文”，想要知道他們的名字，好在之后拒絕這兩名學生的實習或項目申請。
Both faculty members picked out a small group of first-year students who they observed speaking Chinese (in their words, VERY LOUDLY) in the student lounge/study areas. I asked why they were curious about the students’ names. Both faculty members replied that they wanted to write down the names so they could remember them if the students ever interviewed for an internship or asked to work with them for a master’s project.
這兩位教職員工對這些學生表示很失望，認為他們沒有抓緊機會練習英語，而且用別人幾乎都聽不懂的語言大聲交流，是非常不懂禮貌。
They were disappointed that these students were not taking the opportunity to improve their English and were being so impolite as to have a conversation that not everyone on the floor could understand.
梅根在郵件中勸誡，
對于國際學生而言，一定一定一定要注意在教學樓中無意說中文可能帶來的后果。
To international students, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep these unintended consequences in mind when you choose to speak in Chinese in the building.
此外，梅根還表示，希望學生能夠抓住機會提高英文水平。
當?shù)貢r間周六下午，該系所屬學院，醫(yī)學院院長向?qū)W生發(fā)信致歉，稱助理教授梅根已辭去主任職務，澄清杜克大學不會限制學生溝通的語言，也不會因為用什么語言而影響學生的職業(yè)發(fā)展。據(jù)該校知情人士透露，杜克大學已安排該系教師與三名中國學生代表在周日中午面談討論該事。
有網(wǎng)友在知乎上表達自己對此事的意見，稱：
選擇保持自己的文化身份認同或者是選擇融入新的環(huán)境，這只是兩種不一樣的選擇，并沒有高下之分。每個人應該都有權(quán)利選擇適合自己但不影響它人的生活方式，每個選擇都是值得受到尊重的。強迫它人接受不合適的生活方式，非常不禮貌。
梅根的郵件似乎并沒有種族歧視的惡意，提醒學生不要大聲說話，保持禮貌，督促學生練習英文也無可厚非，反而是那兩位指出學生們大聲講中文的教職員工的行為更有爭議。
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