Eminent philosophers and colleagues of a professor who has become embroiled in a race row have criticised attempts to remove him from the University of Cambridge.
Nathan Cofnas, a researcher in philosophy, is about to be expelled from Emmanuel College and is being investigated by the philosophy faculty and the Leverhulme Trust, which funded him.
He wrote a blog linking race to academic ability and suggested that in a true meritocracy black people would excel only in sports and entertainment.
