Dear Editor: We, the Hmong parents of Hmong students at UW-Madison, want to send you, Professor Leonard Kaplan, a message:
….We want you to respect us, Hmong people and culture as well as our sons and daughters as we respect you. Of course, your remarks not only made Hmongs and Hmong students mad and confused, it also devalued us as Hmong people living in the community and our sons and daughters as Hmong students at the university.
As a matter of fact, we need a truly public apology from you to us (Hmong), to the university who is your employer, and to the community at large that this is a mistake from your part and you will never again use any racial slur or misleading information about any minority group to illustrate your lecture in the class.