This was suggested to me by another user in the current big thread about this. I haven't finished watching it yet. It's from Poddy Mouth, a black creator. Apparently the video has perspectives from black people with Tourette's included. Might be valuable in this moment.
This is a (very short, < 5 minutes) video from a black elected official with Tourette's. He takes the position that an acknowledgement or apology is necessary. I think this was before the subsequent statement mentioned in the video linked in the post title was made (the following day), so I don't know if that statement would meet the standard this person had in mind for addressing the harm caused.
As I said in my other comments, I don't have the energy right now to really engage with this discussion further, and I don't want to accidentally cause harm by doing so. I just thought this video also belonged in this thread. Also as I said, if you have other such videos please do post them in this thread or in their own post.
Edit: this video, similar to the one linked in the post title, I got from a comment by another user in the previous thread.
I have been asked by another user to include the following info in the post body, which might be relevant to the discussion.
i think you should link this article directly from the guy with tourettes in the post: https://archive.is/GS647
this bit in particular would be helpful i think
Since the fallout, Davidson’s team shares that he’s reached out to the studio handling “Sinners” in order to directly apologize to Jordan, Lindo and production designer Hannah Beachler.
It has been pointed out that the discussions that happened on this post can be hard to follow for people who did not see prior posts discussing this subject. I think I wanted to avoid encouraging directly transferring the arguments from prior posts, but that was probably ridiculous to think. I have added them below.
Previous post: https://hexbear.net/post/7763428
Post before that: https://hexbear.net/post/7750273
Admittedly it's not the same thing as Tourette's and definitely not nearly as severe as dropping the n-word in a public event celebrating an achievement by black people, but I go through something in a similar vein as an autistic person where I sometimes upset people by accident because I miss certain cues or am unaware of certain unspoken social rules. I feel bad and apologize when that happens because even if I didn't intend to hurt them, I still hurt them. I don't think that's self-hatred or "apologizing for my existence" as I've seen some people frame it. Davidson is apparently trying to get in touch with them to apologize, which seems entirely reasonable to me.
People talk about Davidson's right to exist in public as a person with Tourette's and he absolutely does have that right, which I don't think anyone here is disputing. What some people are overlooking is that being subjected to horrible racial slurs has a negative effect on black people's ability to exist in public. Accommodation has to be mutual.
Well said! That's all it takes.
I'm autistic myself, I accidentally told a doordash driver who gave me the wrong order "I don't want you making future mistakes" when I meant "I don't want you to get to the next house and accidentally give them the wrong order(because I had theirs)." I cleared up I wasn't mad about it and glad we were able to do the swap and wished him well. Felt like an ass over it after but that's just part of being autistic.