Jaw-dropping insanity of University of Michigan professor goes viral on social media

Dr. Laura Yakas.

A video recorded by a student at the University of Michigan showing one of the school's professors went viral online because many say it illustrates the intellectual rot plaguing college campuses in modern America.

The clip, a little more than 90 seconds in length, shows Dr. Laura Yakas, described on the university's website as a professor of anthropology and social work, leading an online Zoom class. The video shows her strumming a guitar and singing a song with profane lyrics that disparage the United States of America. 

"I can't even romanticize the past," Yakas sings, "because it was s**t back when in many ways, though it's even more s**t now."

The lyrics continue with Yakas bemoaning capitalism and life in the U.S.

"When people say our college universities are liberal and Marxist indoctrination camps, THIS is what they’re talking about," said the Wall Street Apes X account, which initially posted the video on Tuesday evening. As of Wednesday afternoon, the video had racked up more than 1.6 million views.

"I pay money to go to this college," the unidentified student marvels at one point as he turns his camera away from his computer screen and toward himself. A gobsmacked woman, perhaps a roommate or girlfriend is seen looking on, is then seen in the video marveling at the stupidity she's witnessing. "It's a real degree, Sarah," the student says sarcastically. 

"Engaging social justice, diversity, and oppression in social work," is Yakas' specialty, according to the University of Michigan School of Social Work website. 

The University of Michigan is widely considered one of the top college's in the nation and tuition there runs about $18,000 runs a year for in-state students and in excess of $60,000 a year for students from out of state. The Rubin Report reached out to the University of Michigan for comment, but has yet to hear back.