U Penn Professor Calls Ben Carson ‘Coon of the Year’ on Twitter

A University of Pennsylvania professor of religion recently called African-American presidential candidate Ben Carson a “coon” on Twitter.

Anthea Butler used the racist term in a tweet responding to a Sports Illustrated article on how Carson didn’t mind NASCAR fans flying the Confederate flag on private property. “If only there was a ‘coon of the year’ award…” she lamented.

Butler deleted the tweet when contacted by conservative student website Campus Reform. But Campus Reform managed to get a screenshot beforehand:

Butler has landed herself in water before, when she tweeted that God was a “white racist” after George Zimmerman was acquitted. The Ivy League professor later boasted that she couldn’t be fired for anything she said because she had tenure.

[h/t Campus Reform]

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