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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can never understand what it’s like to be a person with Tourette’s syndrome or a person of color. That said, I agree with Jamie Fox and others on this. Many apologies and will not happen agains need to be given and BAFTA should not air. The fact the word was even in the man’s vocabulary says something. I’ll also add I was around a few people with Tourette’s syndrome for a year and no one said any racial slurs. [/quote]

Isn’t it in everyone’s vocabulary?  I’ve never said it in my life but it’s certainly in my head somewhere because I’ve heard people say it in music and TV shows.

My child has Tourette’s.  Their vocal tics are animal noises — mostly sound like bird calls.  My child does not have any interest in birding and has never been birding, yet there is is, popping out of their head.  There are some CBT techniques you can use to suppress a tic—my child did the therapy at children’s.  I don’t know how successful it is if you have an extreme version of it and I don’t know if it works for everyone.  I am sure my child’s tics are distracting to some people, and they typically took tests in a separate room because of it, but were not otherwise excluded from classes even though I’m sure some kids would have preferred them to not be there.

I think all this is really hard, but I agree with PP that it seems easy enough for Bafta to edit out the words, and for the person with Tourette’s to make a sincere apology.  I think the best way to view it as someone that accidentally said something that sounded like the word — lbut you knew that’s not what they were trying to say.  [/quote]

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