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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Cambridge student accuses Telegraph of inciting hatred in books row

Lola Olufemi says using her picture on front page story about campaign to ‘decolonise’ the English syllabus was ‘very telling’

A Cambridge University student has accused the media of “a very targeted form of harassment” after she was “flooded” with racist and sexist abuse for criticising the lack of black and ethnic minority authors on the university’s English course.

Lola Olufemi, women’s officer at Cambridge University Student Union, said media coverage of an open letter to the English department, signed by dozens of students, was designed to incite hatred.

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