Opinion: Reframing SOAS, Adam Habib and using the N-word

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Opinion: Reframing SOAS, Adam Habib and using the N-word

I sympathise with the students, but there are more important battles to be fought than Adam Habib's contextualised and qualified use of the N word.

Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

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