Telegraph.co.uk | Australia's first professor of poetry suspended over racist and sexist emails Telegraph.co.uk Australia's inaugural professor of poetry has been suspended for his racist and sexist language after a bizarre series of emails in which he called Nelson Mandela a "darky", Tony Abbott an "Abo-lover" and referred to Aboriginal people as "human rubbish tips". Sydney University professor Barry Spurr claims racist emails were hacked Australian university suspends academic for email racism Barry Spurr suspended after Sydney Uni protest |