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“I’m dreaming of a white… genocide??” Professor wished for ‘White Genocide’ for Christmas

“I’m dreaming of a white… genocide??” Professor wished for ‘White Genocide’ for Christmas

Last updated on: December 27, 2016 at 5:39 pm by Sheriff David Clarke, Jr.

“I’m dreaming of a white… genocide??” Professor wished for ‘White Genocide’ for Christmas 2016-12-27T17:39:31-05:00 Sheriff David Clarke, Jr.

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“I’m dreaming… of a white Christmas…”

That song could be heard all over America this past week, but a professor at Drexel University in Pennsylvania was singing a different tune.

Politics and global studies Professor George Ciccariello-Maher, used his Twitter account to send out a sick Christmas wish:

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Then, just to be doubly sure he wasn’t taken out of context, he doubled down with a follow-up tweet:

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And this man still has a job. Meanwhile, I get disinvited to speak about forensics — forensics, mind you — at the University of New Haven by its president, Steven H. Kaplan, because of my critical comments about Black Lives Matter — comments which never included a wish for black people to die. But call for “white genocide” and get a slap on the hand.

Drexel responded with the following statement on how the university plans to deal with this self-described “radical political theorist:”

Drexel became aware today of Associate Professor George Ciccariello-Maher’s inflammatory tweet, which was posted on his personal Twitter account on Dec. 24, 2016. While the University recognizes the right of its faculty to freely express their thoughts and opinions in public debate, Professor Ciccariello-Maher’s comments are utterly reprehensible, deeply disturbing, and do not in any way reflect the values of the University.

The University is taking this situation very seriously. We contacted Ciccariello-Maher today to arrange a meeting to discuss this matter in detail.

Keep in mind; this is not a black professor, and he is totally unapologetic and claims it was only “satire:”

On Christmas Eve, I sent a satirical tweet about an imaginary concept, “white genocide.” For those who haven’t bothered to do their research, “white genocide” is an idea invented by white supremacists and used to denounce everything from interracial relationships to multicultural policies (and most recently, against a tweet by State Farm Insurance). It is a figment of the racist imagination, it should be mocked, and I’m glad to have mocked it. What I am not glad about is that this satirical tweet became fodder for online white supremacists to systematically harass me and my employer, Drexel University. Beginning with Breitbart.com … and running through the depths of Reddit discussion boards, a coordinated smear campaign was orchestrated to send mass tweets and emails to myself, my employer, and my colleagues. I have received hundreds of death threats.

Imagine that; a death threat received death threats in return. Ciccariello-Maher continued with some choice words for his employer:

While Drexel has been nothing but supportive in the past, this statement is worrying. While upholding my right to free expression, the statement refers to my (satirical) tweets as “utterly reprehensible.” What is most unfortunate is that this statement amounts to caving to the truly reprehensible movements and organizations that I was critiquing. On the university level, moreover, this statement — despite a tepid defense of free speech — sends a chilling message and sets a frightening precedent. It exposes untenured and temporary faculty not only to internal disciplinary scrutiny, but equally importantly, it encourages harassment as an effective means to impact university policies.

It’s usually the case that when someone is covering up something, they tend to be quite wordy. It doesn’t take a law enforcers perspective to see that’s what’s happening here.

But in the mind of this professor, a race war is brewing:

White supremacy is on the rise, and we must fight it by any means. In that fight, universities will need to choose whether they are on the side of free expression and academic debate, or on the side of the racist mob.

Funny, it’s not hordes of white people I see rioting in the streets and targeting police officers. It’s quite the opposite. The racist mob is Black LIES Matter and anyone who supports it. Ciccariello-Maher and folks like him are stoking the flames of racism that wasn’t there in the first place. It’s a race war THEY want, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it started.

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