BBC News - England riots: says David Starkey
""Historian David Starkey has told BBC's Newsnight ''the whites have become black'' in a discussion on the England riots with author and broadcaster Dreda Say Mitchell and the author of Chavs, Owen Jones.
He also hit out at what he called the ''destructive, nihilistic gangster culture'' which he said ''has become the fashion.''""
Some interesting points made on both sides. It's a shame Starkey wasn't allowed to finish as although he got his terminology wrong ('back culture' was used rather than the more politically friendly 'urban culture') I think he may have the beginnings of a good point. It isn't about race it's about an underclass that embraces ignorance and rejects education.
""Historian David Starkey has told BBC's Newsnight ''the whites have become black'' in a discussion on the England riots with author and broadcaster Dreda Say Mitchell and the author of Chavs, Owen Jones.
He also hit out at what he called the ''destructive, nihilistic gangster culture'' which he said ''has become the fashion.''""
Some interesting points made on both sides. It's a shame Starkey wasn't allowed to finish as although he got his terminology wrong ('back culture' was used rather than the more politically friendly 'urban culture') I think he may have the beginnings of a good point. It isn't about race it's about an underclass that embraces ignorance and rejects education.