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posted by martyb on Friday July 28 2017, @02:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the karma-gonna-get-ya dept.

The University of Delaware is cutting ties with a part-time professor who provoked a controversial firestorm for saying North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier "deserved" to die.

The Newark school said it will not re-hire Katherine Dettwyler, the adjunct faculty member who blasted the 22-year-old student as "young, white, rich, clueless" in a since-deleted Facebook post Tuesday.

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The school's statement (pdf):

The comments of Katherine Dettwyler do not reflect the values or position of the University of Delaware. We condemn any and all messages that endorse hatred and convey insensitivity toward a tragic event such as the one that Otto Warmbier and his family suffered.

The University of Delaware values respect and civility and we are committed to global education and study abroad; therefore, we find these comments particularly distressing and inconsistent with our values. Our sympathies are with the Warmbier family.

Also at; CBS News.


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  • (Score: 2) by KiloByte on Friday July 28 2017, @07:04PM (2 children)

    by KiloByte (375) on Friday July 28 2017, @07:04PM (#545915)

    Actually, she is a SJW. She didn't chastise the kid of doing what amounts to a suicide (it'd be akin to stealing a cross when the Church was at its most murderous phase), but for "mindset typical for ... white males who come into her class".

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @12:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @12:22AM (#546056)

    As opposed to being a SJFWSW? (Social Justice For White Supremacy Warrior?)

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday July 30 2017, @09:30PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday July 30 2017, @09:30PM (#546834) Journal

    So the SJW got poetic justice? ;)

    I know many males can have some anti-social aggressive attitude. But going from that to publicly wishing death from a official position upon a person that has already suffered torture in essence just proves she's not about justice or sane judgement. In fact it hints what people like her will be up to if they get into a real position of power.