John Adoyi, PBA Journalism Mentee
It is a blend of public anger and subtle support for United States’ Professor, Uju Anya, of the Carnegie Mellon University who wished excruciating pains for Queen Elizabeth II on her dying bed. The professor’s wish came at a time many were wishing the late monarch speedy recovery when her doctors placed her on medical supervision before her death.
Carnegie Mellon University’s Anya took to Twitter to wish the monarch “excruciating pain” a few hours before she passed away in Scotland Thursday evening.
Join our WhatsApp Channel“I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying,” “May her pain be excruciating,” Prof. Anya wrote on her Twitter handle on Thursday before Queen Elizabeth’s death.
Reactions from Twitter users, including the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos trailed the post, prompting Professor Anya to give another reply.
“This is someone supposedly working to make the world better?” Jeff Bezos tweeted.
British model Jemma Palmer tweeted saying “This is what a complete lack of emotional intelligence & a heart full of hate looks like,” “Don’t be like @UjuAnya. Be a better human.”
Professor Uju Anya is an associate professor of Second Language acquisition at Carnegie Mellon.
Professor Uju not feeling remorse for her statement, later tweeted “If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star.”
But the Professor is not alone in her condemnation of the late Queen. In many parts of Africa, including Nigeria, the most populous, claims to Queen Elizabeth’s disposition to justice and equity have been challenged in informal quarters. Many cite her role in British colonial role in Africa, particularly her support for the South Africa’s Britain-led Apartheid regime which only in the 1990s.
In South Africa Professor Anya also received public support from Economic freedom fighters who expressed disdain and insisted that they would not miss the late Queen.
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Carnegie Mellon University at which Anya is a professor had condemned her hash tweets, saying “We do not condone the offensive and objectionable messages posted by Uju Anya today on her personal social media account,” the post reads.
“Free expression is core to the mission of higher education, however, the views she shared absolutely do not represent the values of the institution no the standards of discourse we seek to foster,” the Institution added.
Queen Elizabeth II died at age of 96 after seven decades of ruling, the longest in British history. She also had 15 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom between 1952 and September 8, 2022 when she died.
