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The college professor whose tweet hoping Queen Elizabeth II had an “excruciating” death is standing by her criticism of the monarchy after her comments were condemned by Carnegie Mellon University and she faced a racist and misogynistic backlash.
Dr. Uju Anya tweeted on Thursday: “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.”
The tweet was removed by Twitter for violating platform policies, but not before a backlash began, including a response from Amazon found Jeff Bezos.
Dr. Anya followed up her initial tweet with another post, stating: “If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star.”
She also responded to Mr Bezos, tweeting at him directly: “Otoro gba gbue gi” — which roughly translates to an Igbo insult wishing someone death — “May everyone you and your merciless greed have harmed in this world remember you as fondly as I remember my colonizers.” Read more.
