Matthew Hubbard, a mathematics professor at Oakland's Laney College, has been placed on administrative leave after emailing a Vietnamese student and instructing her to "anglicize" her name against her wishes. A series of emails between the professor and student shared on social media reveals that Hubbard reached out to a student named Phuc Bui Diem Nguyen, and wrote, "Could you Anglicize your name. Phuc Bui sounds like an insult in English." In a response, Nguyen stated Hubbard's request "feels discriminatory" and warned the professor she would file a complaint if he refuses to refer to her by her given birth name. Despite the student's warning, Hubbard doubled down and repeated the request.
College Professor Put on Leave After Asking Student Named Phuc Bui to “Anglicize” Her Name
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| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 13, 2021 3:10 PM |
The dude names is fuck boi, come on!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 21, 2020 2:29 AM |
I had a Vietnamese student in the course I was teaching with the name Phuc. It's pronounced "F-ooh-k" and once a Vietnamese speaker explained the pronunciation to me, it was easy and never led to any embarrassment. This professor is just being an asshole.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 21, 2020 2:38 AM |
Sum Ting Wong
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 21, 2020 2:43 AM |
Peter Mannion encountered this problem.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 21, 2020 2:44 AM |
Now she's known as Phuc U.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 21, 2020 2:59 AM |
Would he ask his students named Mike Hunt or Ben Dover or Ivanna Cox to change their names?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 21, 2020 3:03 AM |
I thought the pronunciation was fuck boy which would not be offensive to the prof if he were a DLer.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 21, 2020 5:09 PM |
About 10 years ago I had a student choosing an "American" name and I tried to advise him. He was this funny, very masc, bro from China and he kept trying out oddly fem names. I have no idea how Jenny was on the list. I explained the context but that was it.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 21, 2020 5:14 PM |
Phuc it! Saying Phuc in class would be fun to me.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 21, 2020 5:17 PM |
Ho Lee Phuc!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 21, 2020 5:25 PM |
^ The female narrator sounds clinically depressed.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 13, 2021 2:47 PM |
That's it. I'm changing my name legally to Hi Dee Ho and going back to college. Time for my sjw payout!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 13, 2021 3:10 PM |