Stephen Bainbridge, Conservative UCLA Prof, Under Fire For 'Third World Shithole' Blog Comment

By Dennis Romero Mon., Apr. 18 2011 at 3:35 PM

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Stephen Bainbridge said what?

Well-regarded UCLA law Professor Stephen Bainbridge was under fire this week after he wrote on his blog about a bad experience with FedEx customer service.

The comments were called out by some on campus as "insensitive," according to the UCLA Daily Bruin, which broke the story.

Here's what Bainbridge, a pro-immigrant conservative who's an expert in business and corporate law, wrote:

His FedEx rep, he said, was a "moron with an impenetrable accent."

"What third world shithole do they have him penned up in," Bainbridge wrote.

FedEx

After that, controversy.

UCLA's Students Helping Assure Racial Equity, Justice and Diversity shot back, with Kenia Acevedo, the group's co-chair, telling the Bruin:

The phrasing of his post was careless and very insensitive. Students here come from a diverse range of backgrounds, including some parts of the world he put down in his comments.

The prof has since taken down the comments and apologized.

According to Bainbridge's bio, he lives in the Hollywood Hills. No shithole, them.

What do you think? Insensitive or just a bad slip of the tongue?

Tags:

ethnicity, FedEx, law, racism, Stephen Bainbridge, UCLA

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realitea

"Insensitive or just a bad slip of the tongue?" We only have two choices? How about this: Bainbridge was absolutely correct. FedEx employees are morons. All of them. And it's not just FedEx that hires people who is it impossible to understand. WHAT?!?! WHAT?!?! WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?! SAY THAT AGAIN! That's insensitive to ME, the customer.

yatin mondkar

Who cares. Many places around the world are shit holes. That's why I'm here, duh.

gametruthordare

It is not uncommon to have customer service representatives with accents that are difficult to understand and work in countries that many of us really look like "holes shit". I think UCLA students help ensure racial equality, justice and diversity [today there are an impenetrable bite!] Is insensitive and unrealistic in their views on what is speech appropriate to Bainbridge.

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Raoul Fazool

He tells it like it is. Fuck "political correctness" and "sensitivity." It is what it is.

BoHiggs

Obama has told us that we need to learn to speak whatever language they speak in those Third World Shit-Holes.

Mackaronni

An illegal alien applies for a job working for a liberal Democ RAT and is told, "If you can make up a sentence using the words green, pink and yellow...you're got the job."The Mexican thinks for a moment then says, "sometime I home and me phone go GREEN, GREEN, GREEN and I PINK up de phone and say.....YELLOW....!!!

Bhari

I telemarketer in Pakistan. Me accent very goody thank you. Thank great one Bainbridge for concern for us. Want to break chains that tie me to computer and see sun.

You gotta be kidding me

It's not unheard of to have customer service reps with accents that are difficult to understand and who work in countries that many of us would indeed regard as "shitholes". Seems to me that the UCLA's Students Helping Assure Racial Equity, Justice and Diversity [now, there's an impenetrable mouthful!] are being insensitive and unrealistic in their views about what is appropriate speech by Bainbridge.