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BBC faces backlash for airing N-word but cutting "free Palestine" from speech at Baftas (www.middleeasteye.net)

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Whilst acclaimed Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award in the early minutes of the ceremony, a member of the audience with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur, which seemed to be heard by the actors on stage as well as clearly on the broadcast.

The ceremony's host, Alan Cumming, had told the audience earlier on that a campaigner for people with Tourette syndrome - a neurological disorder characterised by sudden, involuntary movements or sounds - was in attendence.

The cut portion of the speech included: "to all those whose parents migrated to obtain a better life for their children, to the economic migrant, the conflict migrant, those under occupation, dictatorship, persecution and those experiencing genocide, you matter, your stories matter more than ever.

"Your dreams are an act of resistance. To those watching at home, archive your loved ones, archive your stories, yesterday, today and forever. For Nigeria, for London, the Congo, Sudan, free Palestine."

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 8 hours ago

He did that decades ago.