Larry Madowo speaks after BBC’s use of racist slur in broadcast

“The BBC didn’t allow me, an actual black man, to use the N-word in an article when quoting an African American who used it."

BBC Journalist Larry Madowo has spoken out after the broadcaster issued an apology for using a racist slur in a July 29 broadcast. According to Larry who is a correspondent in the U.S., he was barred from using the word despite being a black man, only for a white person to say it during a broadcast covering an alleged racist attack on a musician-cum health worker in Britain.

“The BBC didn’t allow me, an actual black man, to use the N-word in an article when quoting an African American who used it. But a white person was allowed to say it ON TV because it was ‘editorially justified’,” he tweeted.