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Another university flunks the free-speech test

Los Angeles Times - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
Universities love to portray themselves as havens of open discourse. Lately, however, some have shown themselves to be pusillanimous weaklings in defense of intellectual debate and plain old free speech. Take Drexel University, a Philadelphia ...

Defend George Cicciariello-Maher

Jacobin magazine - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
The new issue of Jacobin is out now. To mark its release, we're offering discounted introductory subscriptions. On Christmas Eve, George Ciccariello-Maher, a professor at Drexel University whose excellent work on Venezuela and political theory you may ...

Drexel Condemns Professor's Tweet

Inside Higher Ed - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
University issues statement on Christmas Day over post that said, "All I want for Christmas is white genocide." Update: Professor criticizes response to "satirical" comment. By. Scott Jaschik. December 26, 2016. 147 Comments. George Ciccariello-Maher.

Drexel professor draws ire after posting 'White Genocide' tweet on Christmas

Fox News - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
A professor from Drexel University in Philadelphia is likely in hot water after professing on twitter that all he wanted for Christmas was “white genocide.” The school was forced to issue a statement on Christmas day after George Ciccariello-Maher, an ...

Professor keeps job after 'white genocide' tweet, but conservative media continues to go after liberal targets

Washington Post - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
On Christmas Eve, while most Americans were off the clock and celebrating, George Ciccariello-Maher took a short break to check Twitter. Remarkably, a three-day old tweet from State Farm, which showed a black man proposing marriage to a white woman, ...

Drexel professor reprimanded for 'White Genocide' tweet claims it was satire

Philly.com - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
Drexel professor George Ciccariello-Maher tweeted out on Christmas Eve, "All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide." by Jonathan Tannenwald and Inga Saffron, Staff Writers. Jonathan Tannenwald and Inga Saffron. Staff Writers. A Drexel professor whose ...

Drexler Professor Calls White Genocide A 'Figment Of The Racist Imagination'

Yahoo News - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
Ciccariello-Maher's website describes him as a writer and radical political theorist whose academic specialties include “race and racism.” More. A professor who said he jokingly called for the mass killing of whites has received death threats and a ...

Drexel University Criticizes Professor's 'White Genocide' Tweet

snopes.com - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
Drexel University publicly rebuked a faculty member on 25 December 2016 after his tweet about "white genocide" was criticized by conservative media outlets. The debate surrounding George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor of politics and global ...

Drexel Professor Says 'White Genocide' Holiday Wish Was 'Satirical'

Huffington Post - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
Politics and history teacher George Ciccariello-Maher insists he was mocking white supremacists' “imaginary” danger. 12/27/2016 03:07 am ET. 420. Mary Papenfuss Trends reporter, The Huffington Post ...

Pennsylvania prof under fire for 'white genocide' tweet

Washington Post - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
A Drexel University professor has been summoned to a meeting with school officials after he tweeted a Christmas Eve message that appeared to support “white genocide.” George Ciccariello-Maher, who is white and an associate professor of politics at the ...

Drexel Professor Tweets 'All I Want for Christmas Is White Genocide'

Reason (blog) - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
Drexel Eric BergOn the 24th day of December in the year of our Lord, two-thousand and sixteen, a Drexel University professor tweeted, "All I want for Christmas is white genocide." It sounds like the professor, George Ciccariello-Maher, was probably joking.

'All I want for Christmas is white genocide': Professor receives death threats after mocking supremacists

The Independent - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
A history professor has come under fire for a satirical tweet in which he said he wanted a “white genocide” for Christmas. George Ciccariello-Maher, an assistant professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, wrote on Twitter on Christmas Eve: “All I ...

Professor under fire for 'white genocide' tweet blames 'violent racists' for uproar

Fox News - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
An associate professor who sparked widespread backlash after he tweeted "All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide" claimed on Monday that his critics -- some of whom were "violent racists" -- simply didn't get the joke. DREXEL PROFESSOR DRAWS IRE ...

Breitbart Is Leading a Smear Campaign Against a Scholar for Mocking White Supremacy, and His University Isn't ...

AlterNet - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
Breitbart Media initiated a smear campaign against a radical scholar of international politics and decolonization for a satirical tweet he published December 24 mocking white supremacists. Instead of coming to the aid of George Ciccariello-Maher, who ...

Drexel University Professor's Christmas Wish: 'All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide'

Breitbart News - ‎Dec 25, 2016‎
A professor at Philadelphia's Drexel University has a heartwarming Christmas message: Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies George Ciccariello-Maher is wishing for a “white genocide.” Taking to his Twitter account on Christmas eve, ...

Drexel University, Unfamiliar With Racist Lingo, Censures Prof For “White Genocide” Tweet

Slate Magazine (blog) - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor at Philadelphia's Drexel University, provoked the wrath of the internet's worst people on Christmas Eve when he tweeted, “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Response to Professor George Ciccariello-Maher's Tweet

DrexelNow - ‎Dec 25, 2016‎
Drexel became aware today of Associate Professor George Ciccariello-Maher's inflammatory tweet, which was posted on his personal Twitter account on Dec. 24, 2016. While the University recognizes the right of its faculty to freely express their thoughts ...

Pennsylvania university condemns professor's 'white genocide' tweet

Toronto Star - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
George Ciccariello-Maher tweeted “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide,” which he said was meant to be satire of white supremacy. George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor of politics at Drexel University in Philadelphia, is under fire for ...

The Far-Left Ideas that Motivate 'White Genocide' Professor

Breitbart News - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
The phrase “white genocide” was a tending topic on Twitter Monday morning after news broke Sunday that Dr. George Ciccorioello-Maher, a professor at Philadelphia's Drexel University, tweeted out a wish for “white genocide” on Christmas Day.

Drexel University professor says the only thing he wanted for Christmas was 'white genocide'

TheBlaze.com - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
He later returned to Twitter on Christmas Day to “clarify himself” after his tweets began to garner significant attention. “To clarify: when the whites were massacred during the Haitian Revolution, that was a good thing indeed,” he said Sunday afternoon.

Professor under fire for 'white genocide' Twitter post

Frederick News Post (subscription) - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
PHILADELPHIA — Drexel University officials had a quiet holiday weekend loudly interrupted Sunday night, after to a professor took to Twitter to let loose some extreme views. “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide,” associate professor of politics ...

Drexel University professor George Ciccariello-Maher blasted for 'white genocide' tweet

International Business Times UK - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
A university professor in Pennsylvania is under fire after tweeting about "white genocide" and then refusing to apologise. George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor of politics at Drexel University, tweeted late on Christmas Eve: "All I Want for ...

Professor: 'All I want for Christmas is white genocide'

WND.com - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
A professor who made an alarming statement on social media that “All I want for Christmas is white genocide” now is blaming everyone, except himself, for the criticism that erupted from the apparent inducement to violence. The statement came from ...

Drexel University professor: “All I want for Christmas is white genocide”

FOX31 Denver - ‎Dec 26, 2016‎
The Philadelphia college was rocked on Christmas Eve by a tweet from one of its professors, in which he was dreaming not of a white Christmas, but of a white massacre. Ciccariello-Maher's tweets are private, but they've been reported by the ...
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