College fires professor who said Otto Warmbier ‘deserved’ to die because he was a ‘young, rich clueless, white male’ who ‘never had to face the consequences of his actions’
University of Delaware has cut ties with professor Katherine Dettwyler after she said Otto Warmbier ‘deserved’ to die for stealing a poster in North Korea
Dettwyler was not employed at the time of her statement, and her contract will not be renewed, the university said
In the post she said Warmbier was a ‘young, white, rich, clueless male’
Otto Warmbier died Monday after being imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months
By Chris Pleasance and Abigail Miller
DailyMail.com
26 June 2017
The University of Delaware has cut ties with a part-time professor who said Otto Warmbier ‘deserved’ to die for stealing a poster in North Korea.
Katherine Dettwyler, who taught anthropology at the university, caused outrage with a since-deleted Facebook post in which she said Warmbier ‘grew up thinking he could get away with anything.’
She accused the University of Virginia student of having the ‘typical mindset of a lot of young, rich, clueless males who come into my classes’ adding that he had ‘acted like a spoiled, naive, arrogant, US college student who has never had to face the consequences of his actions.’
Dettwyler was not employed by the university at the time she made her statement, a spokesman said, and they will not be renewing her contract in the future.
A spokesman had previously condemned Dettwyler’s statement, saying it did ‘not reflect the values or position of the university.’
‘Our sympathies are with the Wambier family,’ the statement added.
Otto Warmbier died on Monday, less than a week after he was returned from North Korea in a coma.
He was imprisoned there for 17 months while on a school trip in January 2016, accused of stealing a propaganda poster and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor.
While Warmbier’s family was dealing with the grief of never speaking to their son again, the professor eviscerated his memory online.
‘These are the same kids who cry about their grades because they didn’t think they’d really have to read and study the material to get a good grade. His parents ultimately are to blame for his growing up thinking he could get away with whatever he wanted,’ the post read.
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