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My Chinese teachers *taught* us to use this filler (nèi ge) rather than "um." It has nothing to do with race. I hope his leave is paid....
USC Communications Professor Placed On Leave after Using Chinese Phrase That Sounds Like Racial Slur https://www.nationalreview.com/news/usc-communications-professor-placed-on-leave-after-using-chinese-word-that-sounds-like-racial-slur/
USC Communications Professor Placed On Leave after Using Chinese Phrase That Sounds Like Racial Slur https://www.nationalreview.com/news/usc-communications-professor-placed-on-leave-after-using-chinese-word-that-sounds-like-racial-slur/
Additional perspective: https://twitter.com/raykwong/status/1301919153465352192?s=20
Context: I know African-American colleagues who did do a double-take the first time they heard this. That’s totally reasonable.
I can’t think of someone better qualified to assess this than @vicmarsh, Mandarin-speaking former Foreign Service Officer now doing a PhD on effective diversity promotion: https://twitter.com/vicmarsh/status/1301928063865729024?s=21 https://twitter.com/vicmarsh/status/1301928063865729024
Black China Caucus @BLKChinaCaucus view:
https://twitter.com/blkchinacaucus/status/1301931390917840898?s=21 https://twitter.com/blkchinacaucus/status/1301931390917840898
https://twitter.com/blkchinacaucus/status/1301931390917840898?s=21 https://twitter.com/blkchinacaucus/status/1301931390917840898
https://twitter.com/michaelszonyi/status/1301936485822799872?s=21 https://twitter.com/michaelszonyi/status/1301936485822799872
