Professor who left University of Memphis in disgrace over racist tweets is hired by neighboring college - which CELEBRATES her anti-white views

  • Sociology professor Zandria Robinson tweeted that she did not want her daughter to attend a university with 'snotty privileged white' students
  • She left University of Memphis in disgrace, went on to tweet similar views
  • Now she has been hired by Rhodes College which applauded her
  • Some of her future colleagues have decried the new hire as 'crazy' 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 16:30 EST, 7 July 2015 | Updated: 14:25 EST, 8 July 2015

A professor who resigned after a controversial spate of racist tweets has accepted a new role - at a university which celebrates her anti-white views.

Zandria Robinson, who is black, quit her job teaching sociology at the University of Memphis on June 11 after telling Twitter followers she would not let her daughter go to a school with 'snotty privileged whites'.

She has continued in the weeks since, tweeting that 'whiteness is most certainly and inevitably terror', and how 'mental health services could prevent white people from acting how they are conditioned to act.' 

Last week, Rhodes College announced Robinson had been hired, and released a statement supporting her words.

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Controversy: Zandria Robinson controversially tweeted that she didn't want her daughter to go to a school with 'snotty privileged whites' while teaching sociology at the University of Memphis in Tennessee

Controversy: Zandria Robinson controversially tweeted that she didn't want her daughter to go to a school with 'snotty privileged whites' while teaching sociology at the University of Memphis in Tennessee

'As a leading scholar and author in the areas of race, class, gender, culture, and the South, Dr. Zandria Robinson’s comments are sometimes provocative, controversial, and debatable,' the school said.

The statement added that her hiring shows the school, a private liberal arts college, is 'a place where intellectual engagement and the exchange of ideas are among our highest priorities.' 

It continued by saying that she 'was hired for a faculty position in the Rhodes Anthropology & Sociology Department that calls for expertise in particular areas, specifically gender studies and social movements. 

'Her expertise in these areas, her extensive understanding of the complex problems of race in American society, her deep roots in the Memphis area, and many years of successful teaching experience, made her an attractive candidate for the position.'

Rhodes College, also in Memphis, has hired Robinson and stated that they support her anti-white views

Rhodes College, also in Memphis, has hired Robinson and stated that they support her anti-white views

The statement comes despite a blog post Robinson wrote, explaining she was initially turned down for the role when she applied. Her Twitter account is private.

Some of her soon-to-be coworkers have hit out at the news.

Professor of Economics, John Murray, told the National Review: 'It does seem kind of crazy that we’re inviting a person to come teach on our faculty who seems to dislike a chunk of our students.'

 

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