UC San Diego administrators apologize for a lecturer's 'disrespectful and racist' remarks in class

UC San Diego administrators have publicly apologized to students for the "disrespectful and racist remarks" that a lecturer recently made during an undergraduate class in chemistry. The incident occurred last week and involved Robert Ternansky, a veteran lecturer who was bothered by noise that appeared to come from a hallway outside his classroom. A roughly 60-second video of the class, which UCSD was recording for future use by students, shows Ternansky walking into the hallway and saying "Sí, sí señor. Ándale, ándale. Arriba, arriba." It was not clear to whom he was speaking. Ternansky then ...