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In August 2020, a business USC professor who is fluent in [[Mandarin]] explained to his class that native-speakers say the word "nèi ge" repeatedly just as English speakers say um or er. Some members of the class complained to the Dean that he was using a racial slur causing them great pain. He was suspended from teaching.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-05/usc-business-professor-controversy-chinese-word-english-slur|title=Controversy over USC professor’s use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English|date=September 5, 2020|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reason.com/2020/09/07/letter-from-usc-marshall-school-of-business-alumni-about-the-neige-prof-greg-patton-controversy/#more-8083348|title=Letter from USC Marshall School of Business Alumni About the "Neige" / Prof. Greg Patton Controversy|date=Sept. 7, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref>
In August 2020, a business USC professor who is fluent in [[Mandarin]] explained to his class that native-speakers say the word "nèi ge" repeatedly just as English speakers say um or er. Some members of the class complained to the Dean that he was using a racial slur causing them great pain. He was suspended from teaching.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-05/usc-business-professor-controversy-chinese-word-english-slur|title=Controversy over USC professor’s use of Chinese word that sounds like racial slur in English|date=September 5, 2020|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reason.com/2020/09/07/letter-from-usc-marshall-school-of-business-alumni-about-the-neige-prof-greg-patton-controversy/#more-8083348|title=Letter from USC Marshall School of Business Alumni About the "Neige" / Prof. Greg Patton Controversy|date=Sept. 7, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref>
Threatening to harm or kill the President or the Vice President of the United States is considered violent speech, punishable by up to five years imprisonment<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/871</ref>.
==See also==
==See also==