Telegraph: "George Steiner, 79, said he believed racism was inherent in everyone and that racial tolerance was merely skin deep.
The playwright and critic Bonnie Greer labelled him a 'cranky old man', while Muslim groups accused him of an 'offensive and lazy' racist generalisation.
But other academics defended his honesty and right to express such views, saying they were a valuable addition to an important debate.
'It's very easy to sit here, in this room, and say 'racism is horrible',' he said from his house in Cambridge, where he has been Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill College since 1969."
The playwright and critic Bonnie Greer labelled him a 'cranky old man', while Muslim groups accused him of an 'offensive and lazy' racist generalisation.
But other academics defended his honesty and right to express such views, saying they were a valuable addition to an important debate.
'It's very easy to sit here, in this room, and say 'racism is horrible',' he said from his house in Cambridge, where he has been Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill College since 1969."
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