Tourette’s Tic Blamed For N-Word Hurled At Michael B. Jordan And Delroy Lindo At BAFTA Film Awards

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Sometimes the most dangerous thing in the room isn’t the racist slur. It’s the audacity to tell Black folks we didn’t hear what we heard, and to demand that we understand it before we’re allowed to feel it.

At this year’s BAFTA Awards, that dynamic detonated in plain sight when John Davidson, the real-life inspiration behind the film I Swear, shouted the N-word as two Black actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, stepped onstage to present an award.