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2020-07-06 -PC Follies

UK historian David Starkey quit his honorary position at Cambridge University after he drew criticism for his remarks saying slavery was not genocide.

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Posted by Fred 2020-07-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Well it isn’t.

Posted by Dacama 2020-07-06 06:55|| 2020-07-06 06:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Today's educational institutions no longer want people like Starkey hanging around. At 75, he's a reminder of the past.

The loss can be marked up to Cambridge. Good on you professor. Time to head north for some fish fresh air and fishing.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-06 07:07|| 2020-07-06 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 slavery was not genocide.
Since it goes against the left-wing narrative, it is deemed politically incorrect and heresy.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-07-06 09:40|| 2020-07-06 09:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, it sort of was in the Caribbean and Central/South America. Death rates were high and survival rates low. The damn English didn't want to waste property and the death rates were marginal compared to those locales.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-07-06 09:58|| 2020-07-06 09:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Strange, I thought genocide meant to try to kill off a race. Better call Webster's.

Posted by gorb 2020-07-06 17:27|| 2020-07-06 17:27|| Front Page Top

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