I am writing this letter to complain about David Starkey. His behaviour and some of the comments he made were very inappropriate. Some of the things David said was really offencive because he made it seem as if all black people in London were trouble makers and are the main influence to other. Over all his main point was negative and, I feel, aimed at black people and I think all the black veiwers shouldn't have had to see something so degrading on live TV across the UK. Its wrong that some veiwers could have possibly been made to feel so distant and feel as though they have done something wrong over skin colour in relation to the riots.
While I was watching the show I noticed most of the things he said was over the top, rude, stereotypical and just out of order and his comments were more or less derogatory and racist especially when he said "The whites have become black". Even though he is an important historian and expected to be very intelligent, he shouldnt be able to get away with the snide comments masking them up with intelligent metaphors such as referring to Dante's inferno.
While I was watching the show I noticed most of the things he said was over the top, rude, stereotypical and just out of order and his comments were more or less derogatory and racist especially when he said "The whites have become black". Even though he is an important historian and expected to be very intelligent, he shouldnt be able to get away with the snide comments masking them up with intelligent metaphors such as referring to Dante's inferno.
OFCOM have said that his comments were for debate only and no rules were broken by OFCOM's opinion however it does break the guidelines of the BBC. 5.4.21 states "Output controllers and programme or content producers should ensure that strong language, especially the strongest language, is subject to careful consideration and appropriate referral, to ensure it is editorially justified, before it is included in our output."Starkey's comments throughout the whole interview showed that his behaviour was rude and also a bit aggressive with his tone in regards to the black community in the UK.
For all that I have just explained and shown to you, I ask that you take more consideration in closly monitoring the behaviour and attitudes of people such as David Starkey on your shows. Sometimes rude comments and racist remarks are not as obvious and are there but hidden. I thing the right thing to do at this point would be to ban Starkey because I could imagine a big precentage of the public think that he is wrong.
Thankyou for reading this.
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