BAFTA has officially apologized to Sinners stars and BAFTA nominees Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo for the unintentional racial slur they endured while presenting at Sunday night’s awards ceremony. John Davidson, who has Tourette’s syndrome, yelled out the n-word along with other involuntary outbursts while attending as an executive producer in support of Kirk Jones’ BAFTA-nominated I Swear, a film inspired by Davidson’s own journey with the condition.
Awareness around Tourette’s shifted much of the public conversation away from BAFTA’s failure to edit the incident from the taped broadcast — the version most viewers saw — and its slow response in apologizing to Jordan and Lindo. It’s a blind spot that feels particularly glaring given the moment: The U.K. film industry’s struggles with racial insensitivity are at the center of Dreaming Whilst Black, now streaming its second season on Showtime on Paramount+.
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