An art historian accused of racism for referring to the Duchess of Sussex as ‘the dreaded Meghan’ has warned that academics must be able to express their opinions freely. Arts Society chiefs informed her she was being removed from its directory of lecturers for using ‘racist’ language. The panel ruled her comments ‘posed a serious reputational risk to the Arts Society’. ‘What I had meant was that she was all-consuming – she was just everywhere.’Dr Anderson denied using racist language when she spoke of ‘a colourful disposition’. The outcome was that I didn’t make a racist remark but it could be interpreted as being a racist remark,’ she said.

Source: Daily Mail May 08, 2021 21:06 UTC