An African-American women’s studies professor from Rutgers University is blaming the decision British citizens made to leave the European Union on white racism, according to CampusReform.
Brittney Cooper, an assistant professor of women’s and gender studies and Africana studies, released a storm of tweets following the Brexit vote on Friday that white people and their racist beliefs led to the majority of UK voters choosing to leave the EU.
Cooper, @ProfessorCrunk on Twitter, tweeted and then deleted her tweets about the Brexit vote.
“The only thing I know that makes white folks vote against their own economic interests is racism. #Brexit,” Cooper tweeted. The tweet was retweeted more than 500 times and liked more than 700 times before Cooper removed it.
“White nationalism gone be the death of us all. #Brexit” Cooper said in the other tweet she deleted.
Cooper did have one tweet about the Brexit vote that she did not delete that did not blame white racism for the UK’s decision.
<cues REM>: ‘It’s the end of the world as we know it.’ #Brexit
— Brittney Cooper (@ProfessorCrunk) June 24, 2016
In addition, Cooper also retweeted a handful of tweets related to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold affirmative action admissions practices at the University of Texas at Austin.
All of Cooper’s retweets relating to this issue included the hashtag “#BeckyWithTheBadGrades.” Becky is a name that is often said in a derogatory manner when referring to white women.
Brittney Cooper has a history of tying racism into many issues. In June, Cooper wrote an article for Cosmopolitan claiming that when the African-American boy fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, people blamed the mother for the incident because she was African American.
It’s disheartening to know that professors like Brittney Cooper are the people who have been given the responsibility of educating American students.
