Hundreds of students have signed an open letter condemning Carnegie Mellon University for throwing professor Uju Anya under the bus after she wished the late Queen Elizabeth II "excruciating pain" in death for serving as the head of a "thieving raping genocidal empire." Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, expressed his displeasure at Anya'stweet. The company is a major donor to the school.
The students said in their letter that they were in agreement with Anya's right to free speech and safety. According to the students, the university made a statement that was offensive and objectionable and not representative of the values of the institution, putting her in a precarious position.
The students wrote that they reject calls for civility that are often used against the marginalized to silence dissent.
The students rejected the institution's response and asked Carnegie Mellon to protect Anya's position at the school.
The letter was still open for signatures as of the time of the article. Students and alumni from universities all over the world have signed a letter in support of the woman.
Gizmodo reached out to Carnegie Mellon multiple times on Monday but didn't hear back by the time of publication.
On the day of Queen Elizabeth's death, social media was a hive of activity. A black woman who teaches in the field of critical applied linguistics added her thoughts to the discussion.
"I heard the chief monarch of a thieving genocidal raping empire is finally dying", was the message that was deleted from the account. I wish her pain would be very bad.
Some people said she could have benefited from the civilizational goals and benefits of colonialism, while others said she was from a "lineage of loser" The professor got a lot of support from people who supported her and thanked her for speaking up.
Bezos was interested in the professor'stweet. The Computer Science Academy, a program that provides a free, online computer science curriculum to middle and high school students, was given two million dollars by Amazon.
Someone is trying to make the world better. I don't believe so. Amazon.com founder and CEO, Bezos, said that he was cited by Anya'stweet.
After Bezos weighed in, Anya, who was born in Nigeria after the country's civil war in the late 1960s, addressed the subject once more on the social networking site. The United Kingdom supplied weapons to the Nigerian government in its fight against the former Eastern region of the country.
She said, "If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star."
During her lifetime, Queen Elizabeth II never apologized for what happened in the UK.
Carnegie Mellon repudiated her statements with a message on the social networking site.
The university did not approve of the offensive and objectionable messages posted on Uju Anya's personal social media account. The values of the institution and the standards of discourse we seek to foster do not correspond to the views she shared.
In an interview with The Cut on Friday, she talked about the experience she had after she wrote about Queen Elizabeth II. The professor said that she has been getting hate emails that call her the N-word, bitch, and genetically inferior. The billionaire's comments have led to violence against her.
She has a theory as to why Bezos took to social media to talk about her. Chris Smalls is a former Black Amazon warehouse worker who helped organize the first labor union at the company in Staten Island, New York. She referred to Smalls as an "extraordinary, brilliant, and talented young man."
According to Anya, Bezos is a small man.
The professor made it clear that the term "colonizer" is not an abstract one for her. During Nigeria's civil war, her family survived. She was born in Nigeria in 1976 and lived there for a decade. She had half of her family killed.
She isn't sorry for what she said about the queen.
"'Colonizer' is not an abstract term for me." I read about it in history books, but it's more than that. She said that it has directly affected her life. I don't think anyone should tell me that I have to grieve over the death of a loved one or that I have to be respectful. Is this for something? I don't know who they are except a violent oppressor.
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