{"id":1303,"date":"2026-03-01T18:58:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/sinners-jayme-bafta-bbc-n-word-michael-b-jordan-delroy-lindo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:58:47","slug":"sinners-jayme-bafta-bbc-n-word-michael-b-jordan-delroy-lindo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/sinners-jayme-bafta-bbc-n-word-michael-b-jordan-delroy-lindo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sinners\u2019 Star Jayme Lawson Eloquently Ethers BAFTA & BBC: \u2018They Celebrate Our Art, But Won\u2019t Protect\u2019 Anyone Involved In N-Word Incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the NAACP Image Awards<\/a>, Jayme Lawson put BBC & BAFTA on blast for \u201ccareless\u201d mishandling of the N-word incident<\/a> with fellow Sinners<\/em> stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo<\/a>. She added that the institutions also \u201cexploited\u201d John Davidson<\/a> and his Tourette\u2019s Syndrome. \u201cThey want to celebrate our art, but won\u2019t protect it!\u201d Lawson said.<\/p>\n

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Just like her character Pearline, Jayme Lawson pulled no poised punches on the NAACP blue carpet. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, she continued to show love to her co-stars in the aftermath of the BAFTA backlash<\/a>. However, she steered the focus to choices that were not only \u201ccareless\u201d with Sinners\u2019<\/em> production designer Hannah Beachler<\/a>, but also \u201cinstitutional\u201d failures at inclusivity for Davidson\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll first say a big shoutout to Mike and Delroy. Let\u2019s continue to honor them for how they handled that in real time, the grace and the dignity that they exercised. And the whole home team, everybody that was out there really carried themselves well,\u201d Lawson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the events this weekend exposed a couple of things: Institutionally, we still don\u2019t understand what \u2018inclusion\u2019 means. Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don\u2019t provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, that\u2019s not inclusivity. That\u2019s exploitation! That man\u2019s disability got exploited that night,\u201d she repeated. \u201cThat\u2019s the BAFTAs\u2019 fault.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While the most publicized instance took place when Lindo and Jordan were onstage to present, Lawson noted that BAFTA allowed \u201cmultiple offenses\u201d to take place throughout the night. Instead of appropriate accommodations to mitigate these issues, Davidson later revealed that the awards production placed a live microphone in front of him<\/a>, which broadcast his involuntary verbal tics, such as the N-word, during the ceremony.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd then the BBC, to air what they aired, is careless. And not some haphazard accident, no. A real lack of care was exercised for those two Black men,\u201d she continued about Jordan and Lindo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the BBC knows how to take care of what they care about, right? Because they censored a whole bunch of others. They went so far as to make sure certain things weren\u2019t topics of conversation. They censored Akinola\u2019s speech, the director of My Father\u2019s Shadow<\/em>, which is an amazing film, by the way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lawson noted that the BBC\u2019s selective censorship highlighted their carelessness. Whether the network did intervene to censor \u00a0Akinola Davies Jr. saying \u201cFree Palestine\u201d<\/a> in his acceptance speech, or allowed the N-word to air despite a two-hour broadcast delay, the choices were at the expense of Black creatives.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo you censored one Black man, you failed to protect two others, and our production designer, Hannah [Beachler]. You do not care for our dignity, our humanity. You want to celebrate our art, but you won\u2019t protect,\u201d Lawson said. <\/p>\n

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The Running Man<\/a><\/em> actress seemed on the verge of overwhelming emotions when she returned to her appreciation for director Ryan Coogler and institutions like the NAACP.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd that\u2019s why we celebrate Sinners<\/em>, that\u2019s why we celebrate Ryan [Coogler]<\/a>, that\u2019s why we show up to the NAACP. Because those are spaces where we felt safe, where we feel safe,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

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Lawson proved once again that she doesn\u2019t need much time to make a major impact, as her succinct but scathing soundbite went viral. Her queenly condemnation focused on how the people in power at BAFTA and the BBC did Davidson a disservice as much as anyone impacted by the nature of his verbal tics, which are beyond his control. From the hot mic and airing to the lackluster apology, everyone affected that night deserved much better, and Lawson made that loud and clear.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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