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Adamson apologizes, revises ‘racist’ memo after online backlash

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/01/25/20200131-adamson.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA—Adamson University on Saturday apologized after it received backlash for ordering all its Chinese students to quarantine themselves amid the new coronavirus outbreak.</p><p>The school earlier released an advisory, requiring Chinese students, both graduate and undergraduate, to observe a 2-week self-quarantine &quot;to ensure a healthy and virus-free environment.&quot;</p><p>It also urged Chinese nationals &quot;to postpone all transactions inside the university until Feb. 14, 2020.&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/AUSGofficial/posts/2707401742708109" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;We apologized for the misimpression it may have created,&quot; said the university, which has revised the advisory, expanding the scope of those who should be covered by the order.</p><p>&quot;All students, staff and stakeholders who have traveled to and from countries with confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV, including China and/or Hong Kong, within the last month, or who may have in close contact or had direct exposure to a potential source of infection during their travel abroad,&quot; part of the memorandum read.</p><p>Chinese students and guests who are not limited by the above conditions, Adamson said, are allowed to come to school.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The University’s Clarification and Addendum on its initial memo regarding precautionary measures against the Novel Corona Virus. <a href="https://t.co/zSX3wcL8mF">pic.twitter.com/zSX3wcL8mF</a></p>— Adamson University (@AdamsonUni) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamsonUni/status/1223471519193391104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Jane Elago, on her official Facebook account, urged the school to review the advisory.</p><p>&quot;Urgent appeal to Adamson University to review this advisory!&quot; she said.</p><p>Some online users also slammed the school, describing the memorandum as &quot;racist.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Apparently, the president of Adamson University wants all of its Chinese students to self-quarantine themselves. Just the Chinese students. That&#x27;s racist,&quot; a Twitter user wrote.</p><p>Another user said, &quot;This memo is downright xenophobic.&quot;</p>

<p>Adamson on Saturday apologized after it received backlash for ordering all its Chinese students to quarantine themselves amid the new coronavirus outbreak.</p>

Adamson on Saturday apologized after it received backlash for ordering all its Chinese students to quarantine themselves amid the new coronavirus outbreak.