Last Friday evening, 12 August 2011, I happened to watch the BBC's Newsnight programme and was outraged to hear David Starkey's comments on what may have been behind the riots in London and other English cities last week. I used to think of Starkey as an eminent historian, but no more – within a few minutes, this ageing white man in a suit and tie committed intellectual suicide.
About 700 complaints have been lodged with the BBC about his comments; thousands more must be fuming in silence.
Here is one excellent, intelligent riposte: UK comedian Nabil Abdul Rashid has this to say to Starkey:
Nabil Abdul Rashid Responds to David Starkey "Whites Have become Black"
My favourite quotes:
• "Colour is such a stupid thing to hate people for."
• David Starkey is an "educated illiterate" and like an "intellectually circumcised baboon".
Go, man! Free speech is a beautiful thing
http://youtu.be/3tacNkKjxPA
first seen on Oh No They Didn't!
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