I thought the story was about the Family Feud dude

Then I got the names straight. Richard Dawson, not Dawkins. And he’s dead. Dawson, that is.

‘An Old White Racist’: Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins Spawns Furor Over Islam Tweet

http://news.yahoo.com/old-white-racist-famed-atheist-richard-dawkins-spawns-121046650.html

The only furor is from the “OMG you’ve offended Muslims and I must defend them!” segment.

What Dawkins said: “All the world's Muslims have fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge. They did great things in the Middle Ages, though.”

And followed after the “furor”: “Why mention Muslim Nobels rather than any other group? Because we so often hear boasts about (a) their total numbers and (b) their science.”

As Dawkins said, “their science” ended sometime in the Middle Ages.

The "old white racist" appelation ... That's what someone writes when he can't figure out another label. "Old white anti-Muslim" just doesn't have the same hammer.