Columbia Psychiatry Chair Suspended After 'Racist' Tweet About Black Model
On Monday, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman retweeted another user's Twitter post regarding South Sudanese model Nyakim Gatwech. "It is not a work of art made of black stone or granite," read the original tweet, published by a user with the handle @zg4ever. "She is Sudanese model Nyakim Gatwech. The most beautiful among the black beauties."
User @zg4ever also said that Gatwech "is in the Guiness Book of World Records" for the darkest skin on Earth. But in 2020, Guinness tweeted and clarified that it does not monitor skin tone.
In the now-deleted tweet from Lieberman that was published by NewsOne.com, he apparently stated: "Whether a work of art or freak of nature she's a beautiful sight to behold."
Lieberman was previously the director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Psychiatrist-in-Chief for the Columbia University Medical Center of New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
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