Oakland professor on leave after asking student to ‘Anglicize’ her name
An Oakland college professor has been placed on administrative leave after asking an Asian student to “Anglicize” her name, saying the pronunciation “sounds like an insult.”
Matthew Hubbard was unwilling to call on student Phuc Bui Diem Nguyen, a Vietnamese American freshman, by her given name, claiming that it too closely resembled a profanity in English
“Your name in English sounds like F— boy.” If I lived in Vietnam and my name in your language sounded like Eat a D— , I would change it to avoid embarrassment,” he wrote.
The Professor later began to refer to the student as "P. Nguyen" during zoom classes
Oakland professor on leave after asking student to 'Anglicize' her name
An Oakland college professor has been placed on administrative leave after asking an Asian student to “Anglicize” her name, saying the pronunciation “sounds like an insult.”
Matthew Hubbard was unwilling to call on student Phuc Bui Diem Nguyen, a Vietnamese American freshman, by her given name, claiming that it too closely resembled a profanity in English
“Your name in English sounds like F— boy.” If I lived in Vietnam and my name in your language sounded like Eat a D— , I would change it to avoid embarrassment,” he wrote.
The Professor later began to refer to the student as "P. Nguyen" during zoom classes
Oakland professor on leave after asking student to 'Anglicize' her name
