Historian David Starkey apologises for racist comments about 'damn blacks'
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dailystar.co.ukHistorian and TV presenter David Starkey has issued a statement apologising for his 'damn blacks' outburst which cost him several of his prestigious university appointments.The TV historian had declared slavery cannot be considered genocide because "so many damn blacks" survived in an online interview with conservative commentator Darren Grimes.Speaking on an online show called Reasoned, Starkey, 75, was asked to give his though on slavery and made a series of controversial comments.He said: "Slavery was not genocide otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or Britain would there?
An awful lot of them survived..."The TV star has now issued a lengthy apology - calling his remarks a "bad mistake".He wrote in a statement: "On.
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