Carnegie Mellon University in the United States of America has clarified that the recent hate and offensive comment by one of its staff did not represent the position of the institution.
A Nigerian-born professor, Uju Anya, teaches had authored what the university described as an objectionable and provocative comment on the late Queen where she” wish for the 97-year-old British monarch to have ‘excruciating’ pain in a tweet”
Though, the tweet has now been deleted by Twitter for violating its rules.,the University authorities said “We do not condone the offensive and objectionable messages posted by Uju Anya today on her personal social media account.
While the Queen was under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday, Anya had expressed her wish for the 97-year-old British monarch to have ‘excruciating’ pain in a tweet, which has now been deleted by Twitter for violating its rules.
Her tweet generated a lot of reactions on Twitter, with billionaire, Jeff Bezos, slamming her for it.
In a post on its handle on Thursday, the university described Anya’s tweet as “offensive and objectionable” and distanced itself from it.
The terse tweet read, “We do not condone the offensive and objectionable messages posted by Uju Anya today on her personal social media account.
Freedom of 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.”