Thread by @CLARESAMBROOK

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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https://twitter.com/Louis_Allday/status/1278636923330928642

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

Here's Fitzwilliam College Cambridge •today• stating: "Dr Starkey’s Honorary Fellowship will be considered by the Governing Body at its meeting next Wednesday"

Fitz has "zero tolerance of racism" (at least since @Louis_Allday tweet went viral) 4/5
fitz.cam.ac.uk/news/statement…

David Starkey has not changed overnight.

What does it say about the higher-ups at History Today and Fitzwilliam College Cambridge that *all these years* they've been happy to venerate and break bread with this man ?

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https://twitter.com/Louis_Allday/status/1278636923330928642

Fitzwilliam College Cambridge and History Today and every historian on that magazine's advisory board have no excuse for not knowing what David Starkey is:

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theguardian.com/culture/2020/j…

#DavidStarkey did not change overnight
We've learned nothing new this wk

Why, then, are institutions *only now* reviewing their relationship with him?

What does it say about their (white) leadership's respect for Black people, that they broke bread with&venerated this man? /7