UPenn professor Anthea Butler: Uvalde police couldn’t go to school because most “Mexican Americans” were children

University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) professor and MSNBC columnist Anthea Butler suggested that Texas police did not respond early to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalda because they were mostly “not interested in the school, which was full of Black children.” “. ”

“So since no one else will ask, I’m going to ask. Did these kids die because most of them were Mexican Americans and the police didn’t care at a school with mostly black kids? I mean, because this is Texas… and if you think anything but whites is illegal,” he tweeted. Butler on Friday.

Professor UPenn has since deleted his tweet, which was scanned and published by constitutional researcher Jonathan Turley.

University of Pennsylvania professor Anthea Butler is at the center of another controversy after she suggested that Uvalde police “do not tamper with” children because they are “predominantly brunette children”.

– Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) 29 May 2022

Butler’s comments came amid reports that police waited nearly an hour to raid an elementary school classroom where a hitman killed children.

Critics point out that professor, Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pedro Arredondo and most of the officers on the scene were Hispanic.

“Professor Butler knew she could write and stand up for her rights without fear of the university sacking her,” Turley added. “This is exactly what all teachers should have in terms of academic freedom and freedom of expression. Today, however, this privilege is often used selectively.”

Others also took to social media to criticize Butler for his comments.

“For many today, the only acceptable answer is race. That’s all they see. every corner. Details of the situation are not relevant. This is a prime example – and from a highly trained educator,” one Twitter user said. commented.

“Anthea Butler in college is a new kind of intellectual racist, stupid and totally wrong” – another tweeted out.

“Madness. White children are dead too. There is nothing to do,” the third Wrote.

“It’s hard to imagine that there would be a scientist with such bad vision somewhere in a large country,” said another. nagging reaction. “Start the rage engine. I’m starting to think they should all think that way.”

This isn’t the first time Butler has been enraged by his remarks.

Last year, a professor said that evangelicals do not follow Christian scriptures, but instead follow the Republican Party. That same year, Butler declared that Evangelical Christians were white supremacists who could “kill us all.”

In 2015, the professor also added to Dr. Ben Carson claims he deserves the Raccoon of the Year award.

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