Professor Under Fire For Flinging Racist Taunt At New Parents

LONG BEACH, CA – A professor at Golden West College was seen in a Facebook video allegedly telling a Long Beach couple to “go back to your home country.” School officials are distancing themselves from the professor's comments, making a statement on their Facebook page that the college doesn't condone or support the statements made by the professor, and that GWC believes in an "inclusive and welcoming environment" for all of their students.

Tony Kao said on Facebook that he filmed the video as he and his wife were out for a walk with their baby, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram.

“We encountered a bigot and a racist today in our neighborhood in Long Beach,” Kao’s post says.

The woman walked by them casually told him and his wife to “go back to your country,” before the couple started recording, according to Kao's post. Once he began recording, the woman objects to the filming and starts walking away.

“I want you to tell everybody why you told us to ‘go back to our country,’” Kao said.

“You need to go back to your home country,” she replied.

“And what’s that mean?” Kao said.

People commenting on the video began identifying the woman as a counseling professor at the Huntington Beach college, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram.

In a follow-up post, Kao encouraged others to speak up if they experience racism, but asked them not to use his post to get angry or hateful, the newspaper reported.

“We have NO intention of seeking out or besmirching the offender’s personal life or career,” Kao said in the post. “It is our hope the offender is aware and apologetic for what she has said to us, but all we can do is hope. Although my post was about something negative, the message we want to convey is POSITIVE and that is to be respectful to one another no matter of what race, creed, or color.”

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