British radio host Sideman quit the BBC on Saturday over the corporation’s decision to include a racial slur in a news report about a racist attack.
Sideman, who appeared on music station Radio 1Xtra, said in an Instagram post that broadcasting the word “feels like a slap in the face to our community.” The comedian and broadcaster, whose real name is David Whitely, said that “with no apology (from the BBC) I just don’t feel comfortable being aligned with the organization.” The BBC included the word when reporting last month on a violent attack on a young Black man in Bristol, a city in southwest England.
The attackers are reported to have yelled the offensive term as they ran into the 21-year-old with a car. The victim needed hospital.
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