Florida, as an Internet celebrity state in the United States, has been making frequent moves in the past two years. The phrase "Florida doesn't raise idlers" has exploded the DNA of countless surfers. At the same time, on the one hand, it is forbidden to sell houses to Chinese, and on the other hand, it requires public universities to ban TikTok, WeChat and QQ. No, it's constantly causing trouble. Just recently, Florida started to do things again. At 12 o'clock EST on the 12th, science** released a bombshell news!
Yes, you read that right, Chinese students are forbidden to university labs!
A new state law in Florida is preventing faculty at 12 of the state's public universities and colleges from hiring Chinese graduate students and postdocs to work in their labs.
The New York Times also reported on December 15 that Florida's public universities are prohibited from recruiting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from seven countries, including China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Syria, and undergraduate students are not allowed to issue admission letters for majors in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Among those affected by this law are the top 30 universities in the United States. The 24fall admission letter to Chinese graduate students, which was originally scheduled to be issued in December to January, has been frozen.
The university's president said that if action is not taken quickly, it will not only lead to the loss of outstanding students to other universities, but also the normal teaching work of foreign staff hired on the university will be seriously damaged.
To date, more than 300 faculty members at the University of Florida have signed the letter, urging the university to address the chaos it is facing.
The University of Florida, known as the "Public Ivy", is one of the largest research universities in the United States and the third-largest university in the United States in terms of enrollment.
The school has more than 40 members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine. In the latest 2024us.NewsIn the U.S. University Rankings, the University of Florida is ranked 29th and the U.S. public university is ranked 5th. For 10 consecutive years, the University of Florida has gone from outside the top 50 public schools to the top 30. At present, the University of Florida is world-renowned for its MBA, Finance, Advertising and Public Relations majors offered by the Warrington School of Business, and is one of the top 20 in the United States.
He has also performed well in the fields of accounting, marketing, real estate, biology, agricultural engineering, materials science and engineering, law, medicine, sociology, psychology, chemistry, computer science, statistics, mathematics, English, economics, history, political science, etc.
In addition, there are graduate programs in basically all fields, including education, business, journalism and communication, engineering, law, pharmacy, chemistry, computer science, and medicine, and a total of 123 master's programs and 76 doctoral programs in 87 faculties. As you can imagine, this is a great loss for both Chinese applicants and universities in the state. However, there are many more study destinations for Chinese students to choose from besides FloridaNot only is education strong, but there are also more employment opportunities!
What to do if you encounter discrimination?
Actually, abroadThe environment for studying abroad is still equal, fair and inclusiveOtherwise, there would not be so many students studying abroad every year.
But as mentioned at the beginning, there are some "fly" people in every country. So what should we do when we encounter discrimination?
The practice of travel blogger @何香蓓betty is very worthy of our Xi and reference.
While studying in the UK, she photographed the streets of Cambridge and stumbled upon a local girlTwice in succession made an obvious squinting gesture at the camera, and this is specializedClassic discrimination gestures against Asians
She went up to the discriminator and told her, "I have what you just did in my hand."……I'm the one who has3 million followers...... of bloggersEveryone will know that you are oneRacists, including yoursfamily and classmates
Discriminators have changed from pretending to be stupid and spilling to being directFrightened to apologize and cry
When we are confronted with naked discrimination, we should beMake a suitable counterattack on the premise of ensuring your own safety
First of all, we should first understand which behavioral terms are discrimination. After all, due to historical and cultural differences, many international students may not be able to discern whether they have been discriminated against
Common Discrimination Words:
Physiognomy discrimination:chink、pancake、banana/ yellow monkey
Cultural Discrimination:rice eater/ burnt rice
Geographical discrimination:oriental、chinaman
Common Acts of Discrimination:
Squinting, physical assault and malicious remarks.
When it comes to discrimination, the last thing you should do is let it go. This is not the time to promote the traditional Chinese virtue of "harmony first", youThe more we swallow our anger, the more racists feel that we are bullies and cowards！Of course, don't be too impulsive!
The right thing to do is: