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BBC ‘can’t push black people’s issues under the rug any more’, says ex-Radio 1xtra DJ Sideman

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The BBC cannot push issues around race ‘under the rug’ for any longer, according to a radio DJ who quit the corporation over the use of the N-word in a news report. Sideman, real name David Whitely, said the corporation should improve diversity among senior managers and introduce training for its employees on race. The … Read more

BBC caught up in N-word row as 1Xtra presenter Sideman dramatically quits the broadcaster

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BBC 1Xtra presenter Sideman has quit today after the broadcaster defended its decision to air footage of a white person using the N-word. The presenter said he ‘can’t look the other way’ after BBC social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin repeated the word in a report on a racially motivated hit-and-run attack. The presenter, whose real name is … Read more