Habib erred but not racist

ADAM Habib, the newly-appointed director of the School of Oriental and African Studies or SOAS University of London, has been cleared of racism over the use of the n-word during a meeting with students in March, though investigators recommended several corrective steps to be taken in the aftermath of the incident.

The SOAS board of trustees met on May 4 and have accepted in full the recommendations of an independent external investigation into the meeting of March 11 and events since.

While the report was critical of Habib’s response to students at the meeting and in his subsequent tweets, it said that his mistake