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U Penn Professor Calls Ben Carson ‘Coon of the Year’ on Twitter
Mediaite ^ | October 6, 2015 | Alex Griswold

Posted on 10/06/2015 1:46:40 PM PDT by detective

University of Pennsylvania professor of religion recently called African-American presidential candidate Ben Carson a “coon” on Twitter.

Anthea Butler used the racist term in a tweet responding to a Sports Illustrated article on how Carson didn’t mind NASCAR fans flying the Confederate flag on private property. “If only there was a ‘coon of the year’ award…” she lamented.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bencarson; upenn
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To: detective

University of Pennsylvania’s Anthea Butler has also called God a “white racist.”

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425141/ben-carson-ivy-league-professor-racial-slur


21 posted on 10/06/2015 1:54:16 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Patriot Babe

Don’t let her find out where Bart Simpson is.


22 posted on 10/06/2015 1:54:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: detective

Ah, those tolerant academics. Shining examples of peace and love.


23 posted on 10/06/2015 1:54:32 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Butler is hardly a new to making inflammatory comments on Twitter. In 2013, she declared that God is a “white racist . . . carrying a gun and stalking young black men.” When controversy ensued, she responded by bragging at the Harlem Book Fair that she had tenure and therefore couldn’t be fired.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425141/ben-carson-ivy-league-professor-racial-slur


24 posted on 10/06/2015 1:54:57 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: detective

“A “Professor of Religion” at an Ivy League University calls a prominent black neurosurgeon a “coon” and it is fine with the University and with liberals.”

Liberals always excuse each other when they exceed the behavioral, moral and ethical boundaries that apply to the rest of us because they know other liberals mean well and their motivation is pure.

/s


25 posted on 10/06/2015 1:55:16 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Proverbs 21:20 - The wise have stores of food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has))
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To: detective

Isn’t the reference to an American of African origin as a “coon” supposed to be a rather derogatory term? Right up there with the “N” word.

But then what do we call those furry creatures with the hands and the bandit masks and the ringed tails?

Oh, where are you, Walt Kelly?


26 posted on 10/06/2015 1:55:51 PM PDT by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: SaveFerris
Would the Cabbage Patch doll be interested in her job, by any chance?

I think time spent in a cardboard box in the attic would probably give it equal qualifications.

27 posted on 10/06/2015 1:56:17 PM PDT by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: detective

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/453021769306091522/cMJGCtQ3_400x400.jpeg

https://twitter.com/AntheaButler?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Black IVY LEAGUE Professor for the haters, Prof. B to others. RT’s are RT’s. Blocks with a quickness.


28 posted on 10/06/2015 1:56:37 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: detective
Her last book was "The Gospel According to Sarah: How Sarah Palin and the Tea Party are Galvanizing the Religious Right".
29 posted on 10/06/2015 1:58:06 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: detective

Meet Anthea

Anthea Butler is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Graduate Chair of Religious Studies. She holds a Ph.D from Vanderibilt University in Religion, a Masters in Religion from Vanderbilt, and a Masters in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. A historian of American and African...

30 posted on 10/06/2015 1:58:46 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: detective

Leftists... SMH


31 posted on 10/06/2015 2:01:41 PM PDT by vpintheak (A Free Man!)
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To: detective

Rate My Professor:

“She is more interested in imposing her opinion and making sure white guilt is felt than actually teaching anything. Made consistent errors that could be pinpointed by her students and took herself so seriously that she would get angry if you questioned her and would insinuate that racism/sexism was the “real” reason why you raised a question.”

“Pathetic. This teacher is pathetically bad at her supposed job. Do not give this untalented instructor any more classes. Bad.”

“its an embarassment to the RS department that this loudmouth idiot with crazy Don King hair is the head chair. Worst Professor ive ever known or heard of. her opinions are poorly substantiated and academically unsound to say the least mostly due to her afrocentric presuppositional bias which makes her narrow-minded.Avoid her at all cost!”

“She is an awful teacher who thinks that she knows everything when half of the time she is making mistakes in the names of the things she is trying to teach! I’m a student and even I can see her mistakes! She takes herself way too seriously, and her TAs are awful! Her and her TAs are very harsh graders, beware!”


32 posted on 10/06/2015 2:02:24 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: detective

She somehow expects such words to advance or help black people?

The university endorses racist rantings from their staff?

My gosh... Dr. Carson should be considered a role model for people of any color. Not my candidate, but respect him greatly.


33 posted on 10/06/2015 2:03:00 PM PDT by Made In The USA (Yes Ma'am, I said I'd like three sides of bacon with my eggs. and bacon.)
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To: detective

WOW! What would happen to an academic who said that about Obama?


34 posted on 10/06/2015 2:03:17 PM PDT by rey
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To: kcvl

That Bio reads “Affirmative Action” in spades (yes, pun intended).

Those degrees are as made up as basketweaving.


35 posted on 10/06/2015 2:05:28 PM PDT by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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To: Iron Munro
“A “Professor of Religion” at an Ivy League University calls a prominent black neurosurgeon a “coon” and it is fine with the University and with liberals.”

Well, one is a token and the other is a real life doctor with brains. Liberals and universities obviously can't distinguish the difference.

36 posted on 10/06/2015 2:05:51 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: detective
"The Ivy League professor later boasted that she couldn’t be fired for anything she said because she had tenure."

Ivy League professor. That explains everything.

37 posted on 10/06/2015 2:05:52 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("You can, in fact must, shout 'Fire!' in a crowded theater. It just has to be the truth." J.Goldberg)
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To: SaveFerris

Once saw something that looked like that photo, but it had SAVE FERRIS in larges letters on the side????


38 posted on 10/06/2015 2:08:51 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: SaveFerris

Fuses blew over a ten block radius.


39 posted on 10/06/2015 2:09:15 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: detective

Religious studies? LMAO Waste of taxpayer subsidized federal money on this college. Cut the cord. Let’s see how many parents will fork over big bucks for this loon to educate their children.


40 posted on 10/06/2015 2:12:16 PM PDT by tioga
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