University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Amy Wax has generated controversy again after she told Fox News personality Tucker Carlson that Black people and “Third World” immigrants hold “resentment and shame and envy” against Westerners because of their "outsized achievements and contributions.”
Wax, a controversial lecturer who has previously stated "all cultures are not equal," said the United States would be better with fewer Asians and has accused specific groups of not conforming to "bourgeois” and “free-market” cultural values, characterized this "resentment" as "unbearable."
You can hear her remarks in the video below.
Penn Law professor Amy Wax tells Tucker Carlson that "Blacks" and other "non-western" groups harbor "resentment, shame, and envy" against western people for their "outsized achievements and contributions."pic.twitter.com/jpQmOU554C— nikki mccann ram\u00edrez (@nikki mccann ram\u00edrez) 1649696054
Wax said:
"I think there is just a tremendous amount of resentment and shame of non-Western peoples against Western peoples for Western peoples' outsized achievements and contributions. I mean, it's really unbearable."
"Leaving aside American Blacks, who I think do feel that resentment and shame and envy. I mean it is this unholy brew of sentiments."
Wax again attacked Asians, saying they "hate America" and suggesting “the United States is better off with fewer Asians and less Asian immigration.”
She added:
"Take Brahmin [high social class] women, they climb the ladder, they get the best education, we give them every opportunity and they turn around and lead the charge on 'we're racist,' 'we're an awful country,' 'we need reform,' 'our medical system needs reform'."
"Well, here's the problem, they're taught that they are better than everybody else because they are Brahmin elites. And yet, on some level their country is a sh*thole, excuse my language. It's not providing them with the opportunities that they feel that they deserve and which in many cases they do deserve."
Wax's interview soon attracted the attention of MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid, who said Wax's remarks, delivered so candidly on one of Fox News' most popular programs, are an example of unfiltered White nationalism and White supremacist rhetoric.
Reid also took Carlson to task, saying it is "always helpful" when he "and his friends just make it plain."
It\u2019s always helpful when @TuckerCarlson and his friends just make it plain. No sugar coating. No shading. Just the white nationalism; straight - no chaser. And that maniacal cackle. Fitting.https://twitter.com/nikkimcr/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid \ud83d\ude37 (@Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid \ud83d\ude37) 1649705242
Others have also condemned Wax's remarks and directed further criticism at University of Pennsylvania Law School for keeping her in their employ despite her record.
.@pennlaw I feel badly for law students of color sitting in this backwards-ass woman\u2019s class. I\u2019ve been Black & American all my life and have never harbored resentment, shame or envy for \u201cwestern people.\u201d So are these the contributions we should envy? pic.twitter.com/qR3OADlMMF https://twitter.com/nikkimcr/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair) 1649769470
Shame on @pennlaw for not firing this professor in 2019 when according to the dean she publicly defamed Black law students by mischaracterizing their academic records. Now she's spewing hate on @TuckerCarlson. Disgusting.https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— Richard W. Painter (@Richard W. Painter) 1649766331
TENURED Penn Law professor Amy Wax, whose been racist and at Penn for TWO DECADES.https://twitter.com/nikkimcr/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— L E F T, PhD \u26ab\ufe0f (@L E F T, PhD \u26ab\ufe0f) 1649721024
There's no "quiet part" anymore.https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— The Call is Coming from Inside the Nash (@The Call is Coming from Inside the Nash) 1649728412
the total failure to hold her to account seems to have emboldened her, she gets noticeably more racist every time she surfaceshttps://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— self diagnosed Havana Syndrome (@self diagnosed Havana Syndrome) 1649736274
damn if I was getting into psycho levels of debt to get a law degree from Penn I would be so mad and embarrassed lmaohttps://twitter.com/nikkimcr/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— danielle tcholakian (@danielle tcholakian) 1649769001
This from Amy Wax is some of the most vile, unmitigated white supremacist BS that Tucker Carlson has ever aired on his show, and that\u2019s saying something given he\u2019s aired the Great Replacement theoryhttps://twitter.com/nikkimcr/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— Ahmed Baba (@Ahmed Baba) 1649715135
This is why when someone tells you they watch Tucker Carlson regularly, they might as well be wearing the white hood. You know who they are.https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— \ud83c\udf3b Kaz Weida \ud83c\udf3b (@\ud83c\udf3b Kaz Weida \ud83c\udf3b) 1649715877
A tenured law school professor is on TV, claiming whites are "oppressed," Black people "feel shame" for their failings, & pitting "wealthy" Asians against Black people. Does @pennlaw support this white nationalist propaganda?\n\nWax Contact Info:\n\u2022215-898-5638\n\u2022awax@law.upenn.eduhttps://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1513561069070999553\u00a0\u2026— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@Qasim Rashid, Esq.) 1649717064
Wax's remarks come even as she faces significant pushback from her own employer.
Earlier this year, Ted Ruger, the University of Pennsylvania’s law school dean, announced he would invoke a faculty review that could lead to sanctions against Wax for her prior racist commentary.
In an email to faculty, Ruger said Wax's conduct "has generated multiple complaints from members of our community citing the impact of pervasive and recurring vitriol and promotion of White supremacy as cumulative and increasing."
