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UK race inferiority scandal: here’s a recap of Boris Johnson’s own gaffes and controversies

  • Boris Johnson staffer quits after once saying black people have lower IQs than white people, on average
  • The prime minister has made many controversial comments about minorities, women, and LGBT throughout his career

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An adviser in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office resigned on Monday after online comments resurfaced where he linked intellect to race and seemed to advocate a eugenics policy.

Andrew Sabisky once suggested that black Americans had a lower average intelligence than white Americans.

He also said in a 2014 web post that one way to stop unplanned pregnancies “creating a permanent underclass” was to force people to use contraception.

Sabisky said he was in the middle of a “giant character assassination” and was stepping down because he did not want to be a distraction.

“The media hysteria about my old stuff online is mad but I wanted to help HMG, not be a distraction,” he said on Twitter using the initials for Her Majesty’s Government.

“Accordingly I’ve decided to resign as a contractor.”

He said he hoped the government hired more people with “good geopolitical forecasting track records and that media learn to stop selective quoting”.

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