One hopes it is clearer now that race, gender, hair colour (ginger) and physical disabilities are regular
ingredients for the media to stir into their daily cauldron of tedious feculence. A lot of people perished
during the Black Plague and once again, the BBC ignores reality and looks to agitate for ratings reasons.
ingredients for the media to stir into their daily cauldron of tedious feculence. A lot of people perished
during the Black Plague and once again, the BBC ignores reality and looks to agitate for ratings reasons.
Quote:Kemi Badenoch erupts at 'inaccurate and alarmist' BBC coverage of museum's race claimThe Express:
The women and equalities minister said it was "nonsensical" to make the Black Death a "racism issue".
'Kemi Badenoch has criticised a museum over a study suggesting black women were more likely to die of the
plague in medieval London. The women and equalities minister warned the research by the Museum of London
could "whip up tensions around history and racism".
Kemi Badenoch.
She claimed it was "unreliable" and highlighted the sample size of 145 individuals from three cemeteries, of
which 49 died from the Black Death. The senior Conservative MP also hit out at the BBC over what she branded
an "inaccurate and alarmist" headline.
"The 675-year-old remains of 49 people who died of the Black Death were analysed and nine were found to be
'probably' black. "The Black Death killed over half of London. Making it a racism issue is nonsensical.
"Too many organisations (and news outlets) use misleading race statistics to alarm ethnic minorities and whip
up tensions around history and racism. "This undermines social cohesion in our country. I've written to the Museum
of London expressing my concerns."
The study, which examined data on bone and dental changes, found there were significantly higher proportions of
people of colour and those of Black African descent in plague burials compared to non-plague burials. It concluded
that higher death rates among racial minorities were a result of the “devastating effects” of “premodern structural
racism” in the medieval world.
The outbreak of the Black Plague in the 14th century is believed to have claimed the lives of 35,000 Londoners.
A BBC spokesperson said: “We are satisfied that our headline and the story itself are a fair reflection of the study
in question.” The Museum of London was contacted for comment...'
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