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.
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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday July 29 2017, @12:58AM
Ha!
Living through a couple of Dark Ages tends to make one cynical. And seeing signs of a new one coming on currently is rather unsettling. But I hope you are right, takyon! The last few centuries has been a hell of a ride. But when you consider the gap between my own theories, and those of Copernicus and Galileo, being right is no guarantee of future progress in human knowledge.