Sinners' Jayme Lawson Says BAFTAs Were Exploitative, Not Inclusive

"Institutionally, we still don't understand what inclusion means. Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don't provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, that's not inclusivity. That's exploitation. That man's disability got exploited that night, and it led to multiple offenses."

"So you censored one Black man. You failed to protect two others, and our production designer. You do not care for our dignity, our humanity. You want to celebrate our art, but you won't protect it."

"a real lack of care was exercised for those two Black men."

At the BAFTAs, Tourette's advocate John Davidson involuntarily shouted the n-word at actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo due to coprolalia, a condition causing offensive involuntary tics. Jayme Lawson praised her co-stars' handling of the incident but criticized the BAFTAs and BBC for inadequate protections. She argued that true inclusion requires providing necessary resources to keep all attendees safe, not merely inviting someone into a space. Lawson stated the BBC exploited Davidson's disability by airing only that outburst while editing out others, and failed to protect the Black men and production staff affected. She also noted the BBC censored director Akinola Davies Jr.'s "Free Palestine" statement while claiming time constraints.

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