On Feb. 22, during the annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards show in London, while two African American actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, were presenting an award, John Davidson, who is white, shouted out the N-word for the in-person and streaming audience to cl
    • njm1314@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      The real question though is why they put a live microphone so near to him. Almost like they were hoping this would happen.

      • Greddan@feddit.org
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        1 month ago

        It’s popular right now to put disability in the spotlight, reducing disabled people to only their disability (or identity as they would call it). Trying to work around or help with someones disability has become a bad thing (it’s seen as trying to erase their identity).

        It’s like with those deaf/blind morons who protest against curing deafness/blindness in children.