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'Go live in the Caribbean': Manchester University lecturer speaks out after receiving racist letters

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A Manchester University lecturer and dad of three is speaking out after receiving horrific racist letters that Greater Manchester Police are refusing to investigate.

Professor Christopher Jackson, a Geologist at the University of Manchester, was told to “go live in the Caribbean” and that “blacks like you are a total disgrace”.

He is taking to Twitter to raise awareness about the abuse that black academics face on a regular basis. “If you read that letter out, if you shouted it at somebody outside a pub, that would be threatening,” Jackson told the Manchester Evening News. “But the most depressing thing for me is that it’s kind of expected”.

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