From an 18 year-old to a 50 year-old.
Each side thought that they WERE right. Hence the tension and emotion. Relax, sit back, and write something about it. It's better than direct confrontation, which only increases the tension, not lessen it.
If Mr. Zhao looked at himself in the mirror, he might find many similarities between the Yale students and himself. Instead of a Yale professor, the target changed to Ivy admission offices. Instead of an email, the trigger became a rejection of a particular Asian applicant. Instead of ambushing a Yale professor, the act transformed into complaining about the admission process. But what is common is that: the accusation of racial discrimination turned on the temper from within.
Mr. Zhao wrote about his anguish in a formal complaint . . . which is a better way than the mob in the video. But the irrationality lingers on if you look at the quality of the evidence offered and the accusation raised.
