BAFTA jury member resigns over racist insult at awards ceremony
Jonte Richardson, a jury member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), has resigned following a racist insult made during the awards ceremony.
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BAFTA Jury Member Resigns Over Unintentional Racist Remarks at Ceremony
Filmmaker Jonte Richardson has resigned from a BAFTA jury following unintentional racist remarks made during the awards ceremony, stating that the show's creators harmed Black and disabled communities.
Bafta judge quits over ‘utterly unforgivable’ handling of Tourette N-word incident
Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites ‘harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities’, while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC’s failure to edit slur before broadcast Peter Bradshaw: the dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why A black British film-maker has said he will step down as a Bafta judge over the organisation’s handling of the incident during Sunday’s ceremony during which a Tourette syndrome campaigner shouted a racial slur w...