University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax has once again sparked outrage online over her comments about Asian immigrants.
Wax, whose parents immigrated to the US from Eastern Europe, immigrants criticizing the US during an interview with conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson on his Fox News show “Tucker Carlson Today” on April 8.
The 69-year-old professor stated that “blacks” and “non-western” groups “have a tremendous amount of resentment and shame against western peoples for [their] outsized achievements and contributions” before specifically mentioning Brahmin Indian immigrants.
‘Here’s the problem. They have learned that they are better than everyone else because they are Brahmin elites and yet, on some level, their country is an asshole,” Wax said. “They’ve realized we’ve outdone and outclassed them in every way… They feel anger. They feel jealousy. They feel shame. It creates ingratitude of the most monstrous kind.”
She also criticized Penn Medicine’s South Asian doctors, stating, “They are on the rampage for the anti-racism initiative for ‘dump on America’.”
A video clip of her comments, which was shared on Twitter on April 11, went viral with over a million views. Her comments have drawn criticism from viewers, including her own peers and colleagues.
“Where Prof Amy Wax resents seeing all the ‘brown faces’ at Penn Medicine and wants to ask them ‘why did you come here?'” Penn Law School lecturer Neil Makhija tweeted† “Meanwhile, most of them have been born in the US and Americans all their lives. And they will probably be the ones to treat her when she’s in the hospital.”
“Some of us, Indian-American docs @PennMedicine, are doing our part to make America the great healthcare system you describe. So yes, we have the right to criticize it as well,” Penn Medicine professor and pediatric urologist Aseem Shukla tweeted†
“This is the most despicable piece of TV I’ve seen in a long time,” interventional cardiologist Jeffrey Bruckel tweeted† “The outright racism comes straight from the 1950s. This must have consequences. @PennMEHP @upenn should fire this ‘professor’ immediately.”
Wax attracted similar controversy for her January appearance on the podcast “The Glenn Show,” where she said, “The United States is better off with fewer Asians and less Asian immigration.”
Dean of Penn’s Carey Law School Theodore Ruger previously condemned Wax’s “anti-intellectual” and “racist” comments and invoked a faculty review to sanction the permanent professor.
University of Pennsylvania declined to comment on her latest comments, but said her views “do not reflect our values or practices”.
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