The BAFTAs have released a public statement addressing the use of a racial slur on Sunday while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting at the ceremony.
“We take full responsibility for putting our guests in a very difficult situation, and we apologise to all,” the British Academy of Film and Television Arts said in the statement. “We will learn from this and keep inclusion at the core of all we do, maintaining our belief in film and storytelling as a critical conduit for compassion and empathy.”
The statement comes after John Davidson, an activist with Tourette syndrome and subject of BAFTA-nominated film “I Swear,” shouted the n-word as…
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