A senior official at the University of British Columbia has resigned after he liked a series of Tweets that criticized the Black Lives Matter anti-racism campaign, the university and local media said.
Michael Korenberg, chair of the university’s board of governors, quit after a “deeply hurtful” incident, UBC vice chair Sandra Cawley said in a statement issued late on Saturday.
“His decision comes after information that was publicized last week about his social media interactions that appeared to support regressive voices online and undermine legitimate protest,” she said.
Korenberg resigned after The Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper, reported he had liked a series of tweets from U.S. conservative figures disparaging the Black Lives Matter campaign and Antifa, an umbrella term for primarily leftist anti-authoritarians.
Reuters – National Post – June 21, 2020.
