--- description: A Yale University dean has been placed on leave for writing Yelp reviews that contained offensive phrases including, "white trash" title: A Yale Dean Called People ‘White Trash’ on Yelp image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b78e6ce7bd86cdc/698851aa524fc079c1df2cc5/yale.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Yale Dean Called People ‘White Trash’ on Yelp by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 9:51 PM CUTPublished: May 19, 2017 1:18 PM CUT  The Yale University campus is seen on June 28, 2007 in New Haven, Conn. The Yale University campus is seen on June 28, 2007 in New Haven, Conn.Bobby Bank—WireImage/Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 9:51 PM CUTPublished: May 19, 2017 1:18 PM CUT A Yale University dean has been placed on leave for writing [Yelp reviews](http://time.com/4774265/aziz-ansari-bad-yelp-reviews/ "undefined") of restaurants and food stores that referred to customers as “low class folks” and included statements like, “If you are white trash, this is the perfect night out for you!” [Screenshots](http://ydn.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Chu%5Freviews.pdf "undefined") of controversial reviews written by June Chu, dean of the university’s Pierson College, had been circulating among students for months before Chu’s account was deleted, the [Yale Daily News](http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/05/13/screenshots-surface-of-insensitive-yelp-reviews-by-pierson-college-dean/ "undefined") reports. Now, Chu has been placed on leave for sending what Pierson Head Stephen Davis described as “reprehensible” posts. “No one, especially those in trusted positions of educating young people, should denigrate or stereotype others, and that extends to any form of discrimination based on class, race, religion, age, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation,” he wrote in an email to students obtained by the Associated Press. Chu also wrote to students, calling her remarks “wrong.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4785753/yale-dean-white-trash-yelp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4785753/yale-dean-white-trash-yelp/"},"headline":"A Yale Dean Called People ‘White Trash’ on Yelp","datePublished":"2017-05-19T13:18:37.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T21:51:06.000Z","description":"\"If you are white trash, this is the perfect night out for you!\" she wrote","url":"https://time.com/4785753/yale-dean-white-trash-yelp/","keywords":["onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b78e6ce7bd86cdc/698851aa524fc079c1df2cc5/yale.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b78e6ce7bd86cdc/698851aa524fc079c1df2cc5/yale.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Indiana Jones\" 4 - On Location at Yale University - July 28, 2007","caption":"\"Indiana Jones\" 4 - On Location at Yale University - July 28, 2007","creditText":"Bobby Bank—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4785753/yale-dean-white-trash-yelp/","name":"A Yale Dean Called People ‘White Trash’ on Yelp"}}]}] ```