Shakespeare, Chaucer and Austen are all regarded as “too toxic” for the students of today as “white, western Eurocentric” British universities do away with the great works of the west, Sky News host Rowan Dean says.
Many British universities have sought to liberate their courses from “white, Western and Eurocentric” knowledge, according to an article in The Telegraph.
“You read Shakespeare or Dickens or Hardy to learn how to express yourself and to learn ideas and how ideas can be expressed,” Mr Dean said.
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