According to Amanda Seales, Black people have no business at the BAFTA Awards.
The former Insecure actress, who is now a podcaster and streamer, blasted the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) during a recent livestream.
Seales used a racial slur while referring to the awards, and called BAFTA “racist” for failing to prevent a man with Tourette’s syndrome from shouting “n—r” and “b—h” while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented an award.
“Y’all keep showing up to these racist ass places and expecting racism not to happen,” Seales said. “Stop supporting this s–t. Let them crack-rs be amongst themselves. I don’t know why we keep showing up to these places expecting respect.”
She also criticized Sinners writer-director Ryan Coogler, who won a BAFTA, and is nominated for multiple Oscars.
“I just don’t see the point. Why are you going to the Oscars and the BAFTAs? Ryan Coogler, whose work I love and respect, is gonna go to the Oscars!” she said. “His whole movie is about how assimilation is what’s killing Black people and he’s going to the Oscars. I’m like, ‘Why would you make that movie and then show up in the places and spaces of assimilation?'”
Coogler made history at Sunday’s BAFTAs when he became the first Black person to win the British academy’s best original screenplay award.
He could have another big night at the Oscars because Sinners is nominated for a record 16 awards.
The BAFTAs have been under fire since Sunday, when Tourette’s syndrome activist John Davidson yelled insults and racial slurs at several different people who attended the ceremony.
Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo appeared shocked by the outburst, but maintained their composure.
Seales said the outcome would have been very different if she had been called the N-word at an awards show.
“The story would have been how Amanda cursed out the man who called her a n—r at the BAFTAs,” she said. You can listen to her full livestream here.
The British academy apologized for Davidson’s N-word outburst and any “trauma” it may have caused.
“At the BAFTA Film Awards last night, our guests heard very offensive language that carries incomparable trauma and pain for so many. We want to acknowledge the harm this has caused, address what happened and apologise to all,” the organization said.
BAFTA said Davidson’s insults were the result of an “involuntary” tic.
“Such tics are in no way a reflection of an individual’s beliefs and are not intentional. John Davidson is an executive producer of the BAFTA nominated film, I Swear, which is based on his life experience,” the statement read.
The BBC apologized for broadcasting Davidson’s outburst, even though the show was on a “two-hour delay,” according to BBC.com.
“We apologise that this was not edited out prior to broadcast and it will now be removed from the version on BBC iPlayer,” the network said.
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