A professor of sociology at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, Williams penned a piece for the Hartford Courant that reiterated a statement he made on Twitter that “whiteness is terrorism.” In the Courant op-ed, Williams doubles down on his statement.
A former assistant professor within Texas Tech’s College of Education, Fúnez-Flores has a long history of antisemitic social media posts. Hours after the deadly October 7 Hamas assault against Israeli civilians, the former professor took to X to write, “PALESTINIAN MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE AND WITH DIGNITY IN THEIR OWN LAND. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AS LONG AS THE SETTLER COLONIAL STATE OF ISRAEL EXISTS.” Soon after, Texas Tech placed Fúnez-Flores on paid leave.
Chanequa Walker-Barnes is a professor of practical theology at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Her bestselling book A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal contains the piece “Prayer of a Weary Black Woman.” “Dear God, Please help me to hate White people. Or at least to want to hate them,” the prayer begins. “At least, I want to stop caring about them, individually and collectively. I want to stop caring about their misguided, racist souls, to stop believing that they can be better, that they can stop being racist.”
Britney Cooper is a professor of women’s, gender, and Africana studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey. During a history of colonialism discussion with the Root Institute, Cooper stated that white people are historically “committed to being villains” and the solution is to “take them out.” She also stated that white people lack confidence in society’s ability to distribute power to diverse demographics “because they are so corrupt.”
A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Bazian is the co-founder and assistant professor at Zaytuna College. This college is the only accredited school where the curriculum is based on Islamic fundamentals. Bazian has been known for antisemitic and pro-terrorist incidents, on and off campus. Dr. Bazian accused the student newspaper at San Francisco State University of being infiltrated by “Jewish spies” and he allegedly denied Jewish students jobs while serving as student body President. In 1999, Dr. Bazian is quoted as calling for the slaughter of Jewish people: “The day of judgement will not happen until the trees and stones will say, ‘Oh Muslim, there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.’” As President of the Islamic Association for Palestine, Dr. Bazian oversaw the publication of op-eds that included anti-Israel rhetoric and encouraged terrorism.
