Classic Woke hypocrisy: Cambridge University Defends Academic Who Said ‘White Lives Don’t Matter’

Cambridge University has defended one its academics after she tweeted “white lives don’t matter,” despite the institution previously dismissing another academic who made far less controversial statements.

The controversy began when Dr Priyamvada Gopal, English academic and Churchill fellow, tweeted, “abolish whiteness” and “I’ll say it again. White Lives Don’t matter.”

“The University defends the right of its academics to express their own lawful opinions which others might find controversial and deplores in the strongest terms abuse and personal attacks. These attacks are totally unacceptable and must cease,” said the statement.

Media reporting on the incident has centered around alleged “abuse” Gopal has received off the back of a petition being launched to get her fired.

Apparently, the backlash to Gopal’s remark is more contentious than the racist nature of the remark itself.

Highlighting Cambridge University’s hypocrisy, the same institution previously investigated and dismissed sociologist and intelligence researcher Noah Carl after 500 academics signed a letter challenging Carl’s research on race and intelligence.

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