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From what I've seen, he didn't specifically apologize to the people affected and instead made a broad apology. It's a shitty situation, but I think him not immediately apologizing to the Delroy and Jordan makes me less immediately sympathetic to him. It's possible he offered private apologies but it doesn't seem like that's the case so far.
Should he be required to do this every time he has a tic?
EDIT:
So apparently people feel very strongly about this. I have a cousin with this condition. It is not conscious and not directed when a tic like this happens. It's literally a disability. From an early age he's learned to be generally apologetic when an offensive tic comes out. All the fucking time. Once people know he has the condition it's generally understood they are to be ignored at that point and ignoring them actually helps them diminish in frequency. Anxiety around tics really pushes them out more. People were warned ahead of time that neuro-divergent people were in the crowd who may have uncontrollable tics.
It isn't directed. It doesn't work that way. So the article even saying it was shouted "at" these men is incorrect fundamentally. It was shouted. That's it. The guy left after the incident which is what happens often. Neuro-divergent people like this are consistently not welcomed into neuro-normative spaces and neuro-normatives have many demands that must be met before they can be tolerated in only the most performative ways.
That is how it is because it's condition that interrupts all neuro-normative spaces. Pretty much always. It's more or less unavoidable. To demand so much extra effort be placed on the neuro-divergent because their uncontrollable condition interrupted neuro-normativeness is so ridiculous to me that it edges firmly into ableism. I'm sad to see this kind of ableism accepted in this community.
I think Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo are graceful men and handled it fine. I think the host handled it fine. I think the apology from Davidson was fine. I think the main villain here is the broadcaster for not just censoring the word (they clearly are reveling in the controversy, fuck them) and BAFTA themselves for not stepping up to make sure Mr Jordan and Mr Lindo were fully up to speed and not actually being prepared for the inevitable.
If his tic is saying slurs to Black people then absolutely.
His tic is saying the most inappropriate thing to anyone in any situation. I'm not sure how he's supposed to function mentally if he has to apologise to people endlessly.
No, but a big public setting like this seems an appropriate time for it. Not saying he needs to flagellate himself nor have even apologized in the heat of the moment. There are plenty of ways to make up for an incident like this, even well afterwards. He still might. I'm not saying the guy is beyond redemption or saying anything beyond where my initial sympathies lie. Sinners is an important black film, this was an event that was, amongst other things, honoring black art and black people during black history month and now much discussion about Sinners will be hijacked by this incident. An incident that many people will use in bad faith. Look at the times we live in. Idk for me personally, I apologize for so much less than this so it just seems strange not to actually apologize to the persons most directly affected.
Shitty situation.
Edit: I also don't love how people have been emphasizing how much we should feel for this guy but nearly none of that same empathy has been extended to the black people affected. Yeah it would suck to have this condition. It would also suck to get berated because of your skin color and then get told you don't even deserve an apology.
To be clear this was a choice by the broadcaster to not censor it out. They censored out other things in the broadcast.
it's liberal and bad.
I'm not ItsVibes, what you said shouldn't happen but I think it's be reasonable he did it at least every time he used a slur against a minority person (for example this case) and the other person didn't know about his condition
The whole point of apologizing is first and foremost to acknowledge damage done. People who are aware of his condition might (and only might) not be as hurt, and that's why in those cases such a strong apology might not be needed.
From what I heard he left the ceremony shortly after the incident. I do agree that he should try to apologize to them, but I think in the moment all the shame and embarrassment understandably got to him, and he ran away so as not to cause more disturbance in the moment.
Meanwhile Michael B Jordan and Lindo would've been on stage and then back in their seats in the auditorium. I suppose the guy with tourettes could've waited until afterwards to find them.
He did it to two other people.