Matthew Katzman, 25, tabled the motion to get rid of the image.
AI computer whizz Matthew Katzman, 25 — in Oxford to do research for Google — tabled the motion to get rid of the image.
The 1952 print is now stashed in a cupboard at Magdalen College.
Boris Johnson last night backed Education Secretary Gavin Williamson — who called the move "absurd".
Woke warrior Katzman was brought up in a £3million mansion in Washington, DC, and attended elite £34,000-a-year Quaker Sidwell Friends School.
Previous students include Malia and Sasha Obama and US President Joe Biden's grandchildren.
Katzman told Magdalen's MCR committee of graduate students: "The Queen represents an institution responsible for much of colonialism throughout history."
But an ex-student said: "When did it become such a problem for Oxford to be British?
"Surely these people knew where it was before they moved here?"
University Chancellor Lord Patten said: "Freedom of speech allows even intelligent people to be obnoxiously ignorant."
Comment: What the article doesn't mention, and what many people seem to be missing in the debate, is that the picture is being removed from the graduate student common room, which is completely under the jurisdiction of the students and is not controlled by the faculty. Also important is that the picture was put there in the first place voluntarily in 2013 by students at the time. Yes, the reason for its removal is rather silly, but essentially an international furor has been stirred up over some students deciding to redecorate their lounge. Perspective is everything.
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