2001 Nobel V.S. Naipaul

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<< Oh yes, a "realist", rather conventional, sometimes racist (see how he 
 describes Black Africans) ...>>

I don't know if it's quite accurate to call Naipaul racist, although I know, 
certainly, why you might draw this inference.

Naipaul is extremely judgmental and unforgiving toward numerous African 
societies (as well as other third-world societies) and accepts no excuses for 
what he sees as a lack of cultural achievement.  

I'm not defending his point of view, but I don't think it is racist, per se.