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Thank you everyone especially fluffymaster for insight and the link. I have not withdrawn my complaint and the University acknowledges there was an offense made. I allowed the 1st time to slide because she is not an official teacher and hoped that she realized she shouldn't have said it however by t...

Thank you for all the input. To clarify the issue, here's what happened. The TA has made the initial comment 5 weeks ago when I asked a student to repeat herself "mi padres es un piloto", once the student repeated that statement I was fine however the TA wrote on the black board "Asians cannot hear ...

I had submit a formal complaint against her to the university re...discrimination/racism and they came back supporting her ability to distinguish linguistic challenges vs. discrimination however they admit there was offense to the remark and delivery. I suppose what disturbs me most is that I am the...

Hi there, I am not a teacher but a part-time University student. I moved to North America at the age of 5, educated in North America. First language Cantonese and Hakka followed by English, French and now studying Spanish. In my Spanish class my Teacher Assistant highlighted "Asians cannot hear or p...