Friday 9 September 2022 05:31 PM Untenured Carnegie Mellon critical race theory professor DOUBLES DOWN on tweet ... trends now
After posting an initial tweet hoping for the Queen's 'excruciating death,' Carnegie Mellon University professor Uju Anya reiterated her beliefs about the late monarch and said she 'supervised a government that sponsored genocide.'
'If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star,' she posted.
'We do not condone the offensive and objectionable messages posted by Uju Anya today on her social media account,' the university said in a statement posted to Twitter Thursday evening.
'Free expression is core to the mission of higher education,' they said, indicating Anya would not see consequences for her tweet.
'However, the views she shared absolutely do not represent the values of the institution, nor the standards of discourse we seek to foster,' they concluded.
In her first controversial tweet - now deleted by the social media platform - the Nigerian-born professor wrote: 'I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.'
Uju Anya, Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition at Carnegie Mellon University. Anya ignited a firestorm of anger after sharing that she wished the Queen to 'die in agony' as the monarch was in her final hours on earth
Nigerian-born Anya posted her first tweet on Thursday morning, as the world learned of Queen Elizabeth's ailing state
She then doubled down on her inflammatory sentiment and defender herself, and said she refused to show anything but 'disdain'
Carnegie Mellon University responded that Anya's views do not represent their school but also refused to allow her to face consequences so far and have not fired her
'That wretched woman and her bloodthirsty throne have f***** generations of my ancestors on both sides of the family, and she supervised a government that sponsored the genocide my parents and siblings survived. May she die in agony.'
Twitter later removed the posts for violating their rules.
Her appalling sentiment, shared as the Queen was in her final hours, has ignited a firestorm of anger, and cast a light on previous attempts by hundreds of people to get the outspoken academic fired from her teaching job for violent and racist words.
Her Majesty died Thursday at the age of 96. She passed away surrounded by members of the Royal Family at Balmoral Castle, Scotland.
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania backed their professor Uju Anya
Anya's vile words about the Queen were slammed by thousands online, including billionaire Bezos.
Jeff Bezos said: 'This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don't think so. Wow.'
Journalist Piers Morgan also added: 'You vile disgusting moron.'
One horrified user said: 'Don’t expect that of you but do expect common decency, respect for such a loss. If you cannot give that at this time, you are a disgraceful of a human being.'
Another added: 'You are just so uncouth and manner-less. You speak of someone who just passed with such a vile and disdaining comment.
Carnegie Mellon University has distanced itself from Anya, telling DailyMail.com that it does 'not condone the offensive and objectionable messages'.
'Free expression is core to the mission of higher education, however, the views she shared absolutely do not represent the values of the institution, nor the standards of discourse we seek to foster,' a spokesperson said.
Hundreds of people slammed the crude professor for her comments about the Queen's final hours
The 'anti racist' professor has faced allegations of racism in the past for the words she has used online - and in one instance, the Foundational Black American organization created a petition to get her removed from Carnegie Mellon University.
Anya, who claims to be an expert in 'diversity, equity, and inclusion,' was called out for using an ethnic slur, which means 'cotton pickers' or 'wild animals.'
The petition to get her fired garnered nearly 800 signatures.
It read: 'Dr. Uju Anya can not be allowed to use the platform of Carnegie Mellon University Department of Modern Languages to
