Tourettes & The N-Word

All the BBC had to do was not air it...simple.
It was not intentional and yes it is an offensive word.
The poor man with the disability is being made a spectacle of and black people around the world have to justify why they take offence.

The BBC once again shows a lack of judgement.

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bijouxbroussard · F

In the current atmosphere of insensitivity towards anti-black racism, I have to wonder a lot of things about this situation. Are they expecting black people to "suck it up" again, because this condition allows the afflicted to say what they can only think ?

I admit there’s a lot I don’t understand about Tourette’s but I grew up with someone who had it—never heard him use the ‘n’ word once. Maybe because that wasn’t in his subconscious to use ?

But you’re right, the BBC exercised abysmal judgment; and they have no right to tell black people what we should or shouldn’t find offensive. F*ck them. If that man had been shouting anti-Semitic slurs they wouldn’t dare be telling Jewish people, "take no notice". 🤨 And I doubt they would’ve aired it.

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 51-55, M

@bijouxbroussard everyone is different about it. Some do a lot of bizarre twitching, but never say anything weird, while with others, anything and everything comes out of their mouths

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@bijouxbroussard some people are totally blind to their prejudices. I recently asked a photographer on another site why he called the image he posted Serengeti Sentinel. There was nothing African about the image, except for a black woman. He wrote: "Marian Pellegrinet, an Italian model touring the UK, poses easily in an excellent photoshoot last weekend. The background is three texture layers based upon a main image of the top of our (rusty) mailbox. A photoshop composite. Your thoughts or critique are welcome." when i asked "lovely image, why is it titled the way it is?"

he responded: "Thank you. I like the title, after wracking my brains for something with an African flavour, it seemed to fit. Do you have a better one? I posted another shot in Digital Artistry where Marian had a shield and spear. I called that Warrior Woman but later posted it elsewhere with the same title as this post. Maybe that was a better image for the title, if you see what I mean."

when i said i had no idea, he responded: "Hope I haven’t spoiled it for you. I just wanted to connect the lady, her clothes and props, and the background.
magnetoman."

I responded: "no you didn't. Admittedly, when i saw the title in my feed and that it was in the nude folder, i was curios. I have been very involved in the civil rights movement, so i was a bit startled by the image. (a nude dark skinned woman) Let's not go further down the rabbits' hole."

to which he responded: "I think you’re off at a tangent here toxdoc, I agree, any further discussion is not for here."

bijouxbroussard · F

@Tiredish Why the downvote ? What don’t you understand ?

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bijouxbroussard · F

@BabyLonia A MAGA whom I hadn’t blocked, apparently. I was curious to know what they found objectionable, but so far no reply.

I’m less upset with Davidson, because, like I said, there’s a lot I don’t know about Tourette’s. But clearly, the BBC could’ve opted not to air it and chose to, anyway.

That they had the power to do, not direct people on how to react. So any backlash is squarely on them.