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David Starkey Sees A Jamaican Armada: Henry VIII Was A Black Homicidal Maniac
I’M sorry to see that ‘historian’ Dr David Starkey is in the Twitter stocks for his metaphorisation of black skin for criminality. His problem is that he has never to my knowledge written a history of a black homicidal maniac. If only Elizabeth I or her dad Henry VIII – his favourite book and TV topics – had been black he might now be metaphorising white skin for criminality: strange how chance, circumstance and schooling play a part in our avowed certainties and comforts.
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Posted: 15th, August 2011 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (8)
