Cornell University professor Russell Rickford has stepped away from the school after footage of him celebrating the Hamas terror attacks on Israel went viral.
The Cornell University professor who came under fire for saying he was 'exhilarated' and 'energized' by the Hamas terror attacks in Israel is now on a leave of absence from the school. Russell Rickford, who taught post-Civil War African American history at the prestigious university, came under fire earlier this month after footage of him celebrating the Hamas surprise terror attack that left 1,400 dead, including women, children, and elderly civilians, went viral.
'I apologize for the horrible choice of words that I used in a portion of a speech that was intended to stress grassroots African American, Jewish, and Palestinian traditions of resistance to oppression,' Cornell University professor Russell Rickford said in a letter published in the Cornell Daily Sun. 'I recognize that some of the language I used was reprehensible and did not reflect my values,' Rickford stated.
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