US professor almost lost her job after criticizing Barbara Bush

News24xx.com - A professor in United States almost lost her job after criticizing the late former first lady, Barbara Bush. During the time of mourning such as now, it is a norm for us to express condolence to the family, but instead, the professor called Barbara a racist.

No matter how severe the animosity someone bears during their lives, when that person is dead, it is best for us to forget about it at that moment to respect other people who love that person. But despite it all, a professor in Fresno State University, Randa Jarrar criticized Barbara Bush in social media, an hour after her death was announced by the office of US former president, George W. Bush.

“Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal. *** outta here with your nice words” Jarrar wrote on Twitter, as cited from CBS News. She added it by calling Barbara a “witch”. Jarrar’s twit incited a rage in social media and some people demanded the President of Fresno State University to take actions against her statements.

Jarrar then challenged them by giving away the twitter account of her university’s president. She said that they could condemn her all they want but as an American professor, she had freedom of speech and she would not be fired from the university. The university then gave an official statement that Jarrar’s twit violated the values of their university, which is based on respect and empathy to individuals with different point of views.

Fresno State university expressed condolence for what happened to Barbara Bush. But they claimed that Randa Jarrar’s twit was her personal comment and it did not represent Fresno State. However, the university will review the professor’s performance and give her warning, as before, there was also a case of a professor from their university who was given warning after saying that Trump had to be “hanged”.

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