Professor Barry Spurr suspended by University of Sydney after racist emails

By Amy McNeilage
Updated October 18 2014 - 2:08am, first published October 17 2014 - 6:45pm
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood
Under pressure to resign: Professor Barry Spurr says the emails were part of a "linguistic game". Photo: James Brickwood

The University of Sydney has suspended Barry Spurr after the professor was exposed for referring to people as "abos",  "bogans", "fatsoes", "Mussies" and "Chinky-Poos" in a series of leaked emails.

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