Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "" video.

  1. It wasn't this channel which claimed that 50% of the Royal Navy was black, or that 20,000 black people lived in central London during the Regency period, if I recall correctly. Why is responding to falsehoods 'racist' in your opinion? You could, of course, always provide proof of the above claims, if you have it?
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  2.  @colincampbell4261  Perhaps you aren't aware that, at the height of the Napoleonic wars, the Royal Navy had around 500 ships in commission, 200 of which were Ships of the Line. In total, the Royal Navy needed over 200,000 men to crew them. Do you really believe that there were 100,000 black crewmen? Actually, I don't know what he does or doesn't know about the RN of the time, although I am sure he knows about press-ganging. Perhaps you might explain the difference, in essence, between press- ganging in the 19th century, and conscription in the 20th? What I am confident he does know, and what I assume you also ought to know, is that the reference to half of the Royal Navy being black is ludicrous. In short, you haven't made a valid comment. You have simply demonstrated your lack of actual knowledge, either of this particular subject or, seemingly, of British & World history in general.
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  3. Actually the National Maritime Museum recently asked a BBC Woke Queen, Lucy Worsley, to 're-assess' the role of Nelson in history, following (contested) allegations that he was an enthusiastic supporter of slavery. Given Lucy's track record, it is not difficult to guess what will be the result of the re-assessment.
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  4. It isn't just history. Haven't you heard the case of Azeem Rafiq, a failed cricketer who recalled racist comments being made to him during his time at Yorkshire. Oddly, the comments only seemed to have been made by Test or Former Test cricketers. Even when racist comments he himself had made were revealed, and discrepancies in his claims exposed, no-one was allowed to question his motives. Many staff members at Yorkshire were simply dismissed, and the careers of several eminent cricketers and former cricketers adversely affected.
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  5. But promoting falsehoods (20,000 black people lived in Central London during the Regency period, and 50% of the Royal Navy was black) is not 'awareness of black history.' It is simply telling untruths. In debunking such utter nonsense, what 'racist lies' have been propagated?
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