Cyber Bullying At Its Worst
Any adult over the age of 30 remembers what it was like to be bullied in school. Back then, anyone who was bullied didn’t have much recourse against bullies because the world seemed smaller but today when someone is bullied or wants to bully another person they turn to the Internet and sometimes their bullying catches the attention of the entire world.
Case In Point
If you go to YouTube and type in the name Alexandra Wallace you will see firsthand an example of cyber bullying at its worse. Mrs. Wallace, a 20 something woman UCLA student and valley girl posted a 3 minute rant against Asian students who use their cell phones in her school’s library. In her video she also uses her stereotyped version of the Asian language while urging Asians who are attending UCLA to use “American manners”.
Wallace’s video went viral and generated a HUGE backlash against her that even she probably didn’t expect. The video even made its way to the pages of the New York Times and resulted in offending even more Asians than Alexandra Wallace ever thought possible.
What’s The Solution To the Problem?
Cyber bullying isn’t going to go away anytime soon thanks to how easy it is for children to connect to the Internet and always be online in some capacity. The ease in which Alexandra Wallace was able to record, produce and upload her video is an indicator of how easy it is for hate to spread in the Internet age.
The only solution to the problem is for more parents to actually take the time to be more aware of what’s going on in their children’s lives. The only way that’s going to happen is if the parents themselves disconnect from the Internet and spend more time talking with their children face to face instead of text messaging, emailing or chatting with them over the Internet.
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