Via Campus Reform:
An Ivy League professor recently called the Fraternal Order of Police “a terrorist organization,” capitalism an “anti-human system,” and the majority of “white America” racist.
According to The Ithaca Voice, Professor Russell Rickford of Cornell University made those statements and others at a Black Lives Matter protest Friday, even going so far as to charge the police with “genocide” in relation to recent, well-publicized shootings.
There will always be a segment of white America that is overtly, irredeemably racist,” Rickford said in video footage of the event posted to YouTube, describing the first of three categories into which he divided whites of America. “Forget about them. They’re not worth your time.”
“There’s a much larger segment, some of them are gathered right here. A segment of white America that considers itself enlightened,” he continued. “They outwardly reject the symbols of white supremacy, yet they aggressively protect their white privilege.”
Asserting that “deep in their heart, they despise your blackness more than anything else,” Rickford advised the audience to “forget about those folks, too.”
“There’s a sliver, a sliver of white America that hates white supremacy and that hates capitalism,” said the professor, explaining the third category. “These are the folks that you need to organize with.