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BBC apologise after Cerys Matthews played song featuring racial slur live on-air

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BBC radio 6 has been blasted after the station played a song containing a racist slur. The racist lyrics - which included the word 'darkies' - played out live on-air on Sunday during a radio show presented by Cerys Matthews.

The song featured Scottish singer Thomas Fraser’s cover of the 1940 song The Mississippi Shore. Shetland native Fraser sings in the song: "I can hear them darkies singing.

I can hear the guitars playing.” Shortly after the song was played, host Cery's swiftly moved on by playing the next track and not acknowledging any wrongdoing after the inappropriate lyrics were aired.

Infuriated listeners took to Twitter to voice their upset at the song being played on the BBC station - which led to Cery's acknowledging the blunder

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