Black Professor: ‘They Have Deputized All White People to Murder Us’
A University of North Carolina professor posted a tweet Sunday accusing Republicans of “deputiz[ing] all white people” to murder black Americans. After coming under scrutiny on social media for this outlandish and frightening falsehood, the professor mocked commenters and defended her statement. Her initial tweet has garnered nearly 8,000 likes.
Tressie McMillan Cottom, an associate professor at UNC, expressed outrage after Sen. Ron Johnson expressed support for “citizen soldiers.” The tweet she responded to stated, “Sen. Ron Johnson just said he supports ‘citizen soldiers’ in Kenosha. Kyle Rittenhouse, who murdered 2 people, is a citizen soldier. #CNNSOTU.” In a reply, Cottom said, “They have deputized all white people to murder us.”
They have deputized all white people to murder us. https://t.co/tnGRyHZn9y
— Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd) August 31, 2020
Cottom then doubled down on her stance, saying “oh the racists are big mad about this one, I see,” in reference to her earlier tweet.
Cottoms describes herself on her website as supporting “radically progressive local candidates for public office, community bail funds, and removing memorials to oppressive racist fictions.”
Oh the racists are big mad about this one, I see. https://t.co/EPgrllbRsX
— Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd) August 31, 2020
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