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...
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Bafta-gaala | Tourette-aktivisti, Bafta ja BBC pyysivät anteeksi rasistista kielenkäyttöä
BBC:n televisiolähetyksen tuottajat kertovat, etteivät kuulleet Davidsonin huutoja, koska lähetystä leikattiin lähetysautossa.
Read full article →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...
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Read full article →BAFTA Jury Member Quits Over Handling of Tourette’s Tic at Film Awards: “Utterly Unforgivable”
Jonte Richardson posted on social media that he will not give his time to an organization "that has repeatedly failed to safeguard the dignity of its Black guests," after a Tourette's campaigner shouted a racial slur while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.
By Lily Ford
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