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Thread 1: Perfectly willing to be the only person defending #DavidStarkey and the inevitable firestorm, but for those aghast at his interview please consider this:
Thread 2: The criticism against him appears to be twofold – he doesn’t think slavery equates to genocide, and he used the term ‘damn blacks’ and is therefore racist.
Thread 3: I also don’t agree that slavery equates to genocide, since slavery is a business which you would instantly put yourself out of if you killed all your slaves.
Here's David Starkey asserting: "Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there?"
(via @Louis_Allday )
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Here's HISTORY TODAY publisher Andy Patterson asserting (TODAY, 2 July 2020) "David Starkey is no longer a member of the History Today editorial advisory board" 2/5 
Here's HISTORY TODAY current issue (dated 2 July 2020) listing "David Starkey, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge" as a member of the History Today editorial advisory board 3/5
