LONDON, July 5 — A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge University and been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins. The comments from Professor David Starkey came during a period of soul searching in Britain over its colonial past....
British historian David Starkey after receiving his Commander of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London October 23, 2007. — AFP pic
The Black Lives Matter movement that gained momentum after the death of George Floyd in US police custody in May saw the statue of a major slave trader dumped in an English harbour as protests hit cities across the UK. “Slavery was not genocide. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain, would there? An awful lot of them survived,” Starkey said.
“We are the most successful multi-racial democracy in the world and have much to be proud of,” Javid tweeted on Thursday.Javid's tweet was picked up by British media, and Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam College accepted Starkey's resignation the next day.Canterbury Christ Church University in southeastern England also terminated Starkey's contract as a visiting professor.
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