HISTORIAN David Starkey yesterday resigned his honorary Cambridge fellowship over his racist comments.
He had caused fury by saying: “Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain, would there?”
Fitzwilliam College said it would not tolerate racism, adding that honorary fellows were expected to uphold its values.
Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, also terminated Mr Starkey’s role as visiting professor over his “completely unacceptable” remarks made in an interview broadcast on YouTube.
Ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid said they were a “reminder of appalling views that still exist”.
Mr Starkey, 75, was contacted for comment
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