Randa Jarrar was condemned for calling Barbara Bush an ‘amazing racist’ who raised a ‘war criminal’ less than an hour after her death was announced (Picture: Fresno State University)

An English professor was condemned for calling former First Lady Barbara Bush an ‘amazing racist’ who raised a ‘war criminal’ less than an hour after her death was announced.

According to the Fresno Bee, Randa Jarrar tweeted: ‘Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal.

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‘Fuck outta here with your nice words.’

The bad-taste tweet, which offered no explanation for Bush’s supposed ‘racism’ soon prompted scores of angry replies. But Jarrar, who describes herself as Arab American Muslim, was unrepentant, boasting that she is a tenured professor at Fresno State University who makes $100,000 a year.




She continued: ‘I will never be fired.

The first of a series of offensive tweets about the late First Lady sent by Jarrar (Picture: Randa Jarrar/Twitter)

‘If you’d like to know what it’s like to be an Arab American Muslim American woman with some clout online expressing an opinion, look at the racists going crazy in my mentions right now.

She continued: ‘What I love about being an American professor is my right to free speech, and what I love about Fresno State is that I always feel protected and at home here

‘GO BULLDOGS!’

Her ‘war criminal’ remark appeared to be a reference to Barbara’s son George W. Bush, who followed his father George H.W. into the White House and started the Iraq War in 2003.

Soon afterwards Jarrar set her Twitter account to private. And shortly after that Fresno State President Joseph Castro, who she included in one of the inflammatory tweets, distanced the university from her remarks.

He said: ‘On behalf of Fresno State, I extend my deepest condolences to the Bush family on the loss of our former First Lady, Barbara Bush.

Jarrar made the slur against Bush shortly after her death, which came two days after she left hospital and refused further treatment for her failing health (Picture: AP)

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‘We share the deep concerns expressed by others over the personal comments made today by professor Randa Jarrar, a professor in the English Department at Fresno State.

“Her statements were made as a private citizen, not as a representative at Fresno State.”

Castro also added: ‘Professor Jarrar’s expressed personal views and commentary are obviously contrary to the core values of our University, which include respect and empathy for individuals with divergent points of view, and a sincere commitment to mutual understanding and progress.’

Mrs Bush’s death was announced Tuesday night, two days after it was revealed she had refused further treatment for her failing health.

The 92 year-old was First Lady from 1989 to 1993 and was hailed across political lines for her common sense approach to life and willingness to hold opinions that ran contrary to official GOP policy.