Taunting...?

I wasn't going to write anything about this incident but I started hearing complaints from my Korean-American friends that they have been taunted just for being South Korean.I would like to emphasize that insanity knows no racial or ethnic boundaries and that whatever jokes one could make regarding a South Korean with references to the recent shooting rampage is not only not funny, but it is insensitive and naive.

We all know that he was insane: www.msnbc.com has a his video clips and writings; we all know that he was basically illogical and incoherent. He was a person in need of help who never got it. Just because he was South Korean does not mean that every South Korean, or Asian for that matter, has murder in his or her mind. Please remember that the two students who shot up Columbine High School were Caucasian and nobody ever gave other Caucasians trouble just for being Caucasian.

If you receive taunts for being South Korean or being Asian in general, or if you hear anything, please be sure to tell the perpetrator that he/she is being insensitive and stupid. If you are a victim at St. John's, please do not hesitate to report it directly to the Office of Judicial Affairs: 718.990.5036 (Mr. Jack Flynn) or you could come to me.

Thank you very much for your time and attention.