UCLA student 'Alexandra Wallace' posts 'repugnant' racist rant about Asians on YouTube
The images of the devastation wrought by Japan's worst-ever earthquake and tsunami stunned the world.
But as the death toll climbed higher, one student at the University of California decided it was the perfect time to film a racist rant about Asian students - and post it on YouTube.
In the three-minute clip, a blonde girl, named on the internet as Alexandra Wallace, complains about Asian students using their cellphones in the library - and speculates they're 'going through their whole families, just checking on everybody from the tsunami thing'.
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'Offensive': UCLA has condemned the comments made by the blonde student, identified on the internet as Alexandra Wallace
A UCLA spokesman, Phil Hampton, told MailOnline officials were still investigating whether Miss Wallace - who does not identify herself in the video but has been named on the internet - was enrolled at the university.
She took the video down soon after she posted it on YouTube on Friday afternoon, but not before angry users had copied the clip - entitled 'Asians in the Library' - and reposted it. It has since had more than 279,000 views on one version alone.
She is listed on examiner.com as an LA Style Examiner, where she is described as 'an economics student at UCLA, with a passion for recession-friendly fashion.'
It says: 'Her background working in the beauty industry, along with modelling experience has given her insight into what looks great on the individual.'
In the video, the student mocks the way Asian students speak, condemns them for not having 'American manners' and attacks them for disturbing her when she is 'deep in study'.
Viral: In the video - which has had thousands of views - she mocks Asian students for the way they speak on the phone
Silence in the library: Miss Wallace demonstrates how she tells Asian students on the phone to be quiet - because of her 'good manners'
Mr Hampton the university spokesman, said: 'We are looking into the video, and if there is a violation of the student code of conduct, there is action that we will can take according to official procedures and protocol. I wouldn't like to speculate on the outcome.'
'I can say that the comments that are made are quite insensitive and very offensive and contrary to the values that the university strives to instil in all members of our campus community.'
'I know members of the UCLA community have voiced their outrage at the comments being made. They are offensive to say the least.'
Mr Hampton told the university's student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, that the video was 'repugnant'.
Miss Wallace begins the rant with the disclaimer: 'So we know that I'm not the most politically correct person, so don't take this offensively.'
Fashionista: Alexandra Wallace's profile on Examiner.com, where she blogged as an LA Style Examiner. Her YouTube comments have outraged internet users
She then proceeds to criticise the 'hordes of Asian people that UCLA accepts into our school every year', saying they should use 'American manners.'
She says: 'You will always see old Asian people running round this apartment complex every weekend, that's what they do, they don't teach their kids to fend for themselves.'
According to Miss Wallace, the students bring their 'moms and their brothers and their sisters and their grandmas and their grandpas' along with with them from Asia.
But the most controversial part of her tirade comes when she mocks the way Asian students speak.
She says: 'Hi, in America, we do not talk on our cellphones in the library... Every 15 minutes I'll be like deep into my studying... and over here from somewhere it's "Ohhh! Ching chong ling long ting tong? Ohhh!"
Complaint: The girl rants about Asian students using their cellphones in the UCLA library
'Are you freaking kidding me? In the middle of finals?'
Describing herself as the 'polite nice American girl that my mamma raised me to be', she says she 'sshhs' the offending student to be quiet.
She says: 'And then the same thing, five minutes later, but it's someone else. I swear they're going through their whole families, checking on everybody from the tsunami thing.
'I mean, ok, that sounds horrible, I feel bad for all people affected by the tsunami, but if you're gonna go call your address book you might as well go outside, because if something is wrong, you might really freak out if you're in the library and everyone's quiet.'
She ends the video by saying 'thanks for listening, have a nice day.'
Her insensitivity has earned her a hate page on Facebook, numerous negative comments on reposted versions on YouTube, and a host of angry video responses.
Miss Wallace could not be found on Facebook, and a number listed for her on UCLA's directory had been disconnected.
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