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NJ college fires professor over comments made on Tucker Carlson Tonight
The Hill ^ | June 24, 2017 | Josh Delk

Posted on 06/24/2017 6:10:00 PM PDT by jazusamo

Essex County College has fired adjunct professor Lisa Durden after she made racially insensitive comments in an interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, according to a new report by the Associated Press.

The college’s president, Anthony Munroe, announced the decision Friday, two weeks after Durden went on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to discuss an “all-black Memorial Day celebration” hosted by a Black Lives Matter group.

When asked by Carlson about the event, Durden interrupted the host, saying “boo hoo hoo. You white people are angry because you couldn’t use your white privilege card to get invited” to the Black Lives Matter event.

“You’re demented, actually,” Tucker later responded to her defense.

Durden went on to call America a “racist society.”

According to AP, Durden was suspended with pay on June 8, two days after the interview aired, when college officials say they received complaints about her comments. After a Tuesday meeting with college officials, she was fired.

Durden said the college “publicly lynched” her.

Munroe said that Essex College “supports and affirms the right of free speech and independent views and expressions of those views” for their faculty and staff," but Durden's "potential impact on students" required an immediate review that led to her firing.

Durden’s lawyer, Leslie Farber, said that Durden may have had her rights to free speech violated, and that they were considering legal action.

“The character of this institution mandates that we embrace diversity, inclusion, and unity. Racism cannot be fought with more racism,” Munroe wrote in a statement announcing Durden’s firing.

Durden compared her experience to that of a rape victim blamed for the crime, or a person returning to a hostile environment from war.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: academia; blacklivesmatter; education; essexcountycollege; freespeech; highereducation; leftismoncampus; lisadurdin; newjersey; racist; tuckercarlson; yourefired
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To: jazusamo

This guy is a punk to take her this s**t. She diverted and evaded every damn question he asked, responding with gibberish..He should have have cut the camera feed.

I don’t watch this garbage on a regular basis, but based on this piece, it’s clearly become an embarrassing spectacle.


61 posted on 06/24/2017 8:24:00 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: jazusamo
Durden interrupted the host, saying “boo hoo hoo. You white people are angry because you couldn’t use your white privilege card to get invited”

She's definitely a racist. Racists come in all colors. This black woman is an evil racist. Restricting an event to only black people is racist. Has she ever considered how she would feel if an event was restricted to only white people and she was barred from attending? Does she feel that isn't racist? This black woman is letting her emotions cloud her judgment.

62 posted on 06/24/2017 8:36:43 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: DoughtyOne
What did this woman have to complain about?
She's (half)black and it's your fault she's not all black...or all white?
63 posted on 06/24/2017 8:41:24 PM PDT by lewislynn (So what did he say that got him in trouble with Democrats?)
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To: jazusamo

Is Durden wearing dyed Spaghettio-O’s in her hair or does she just have a bad case of Ringworm?


64 posted on 06/24/2017 8:52:18 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: jazusamo

Ex-professor....


65 posted on 06/24/2017 9:10:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Rap music.

Don’t laugh.

Listen to some of the hateful violent songs lyrics.

Make it the only thing you listen to 24/7/365. For years.

See if it doesnt affect your outlook on things.


66 posted on 06/24/2017 9:12:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: jazusamo

Tucker is a one man wrecking crew:)


67 posted on 06/24/2017 10:00:28 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: jazusamo

68 posted on 06/24/2017 11:03:30 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: snarkytart

“An IQ of 102 ...”

No way that racist N Beotch is in triple digits. Her whole world is all about anti-white & Victimhood. F that N B!


69 posted on 06/24/2017 11:37:30 PM PDT by apostoli ("When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." - Sowel)
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To: apostoli

I think the reporter misunderstood the answer when she asked the prof what her IQ was.

“Mize eye Q? Yo I be down with that - it be a one or two.”


70 posted on 06/24/2017 11:41:45 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 21twelve

I beez smart.


71 posted on 06/24/2017 11:47:11 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: jazusamo

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/06/black-lives-matter-black-only-memorial-day-picnic-tucker-carlson-lisa-durden


72 posted on 06/24/2017 11:54:27 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: Secret Agent Man

Been saying the same thing for years.

Yeah, it has an effect.

I never thought I’d say “What IS that garbage you’re listening to?”.

Garbage would be a step up.


73 posted on 06/24/2017 11:58:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: immadashell; Typical_Whitey; Fightin Whitey

She’s obviously mentally-disturbed. It is probably not safe to be around her.

When is “White Day”? I must not be getting the memos.

Of course, I always miss out on the Heterosexual Pride Marches, too.

I better ping some folks!!!


74 posted on 06/25/2017 12:05:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: dragnet2

It made a good record to show just how insane some folks are.

She might as well be the Black KKK. She’s an absolute kook.

And now she will forever be known as the idiot she is, now.


75 posted on 06/25/2017 12:09:19 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: snarkytart

YES! You post the bare-faced truth about all of these “special” privileges awarded on nothing but skin color and America has reaped a whirlwind because of it. How about a little vetting of IQ, character and potential.


76 posted on 06/25/2017 2:08:25 AM PDT by jazzlite
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To: SaveFerris
When is "White Day"? I must not be getting the memos.

Memos?

Dude, I put you on the candy-gram list, every 24 hours/365, 366 on the Leap.

Don't tell me you're not getting them?

Damn Amazon anyway!!

77 posted on 06/25/2017 2:52:22 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Too bad she’s so demented, as she’s a pretty gal!

Demented isn't all bad.

Long as she doesn't know where you live.

78 posted on 06/25/2017 2:55:47 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Personal Responsibility
She was caught on tape making liberals look bad. That’s THE cardinal sin.

What about the thousands that went before her? It's their fault since they made is appear that nothing you say can get you fired.

79 posted on 06/25/2017 3:12:31 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR)
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To: jazusamo

Twits all think that the 1st is a one-way street and are taken aback when they have to face the music.


80 posted on 06/25/2017 3:20:59 AM PDT by metesky (My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
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