Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsBBC Radio host DJ Sideman announced that he’s quitting the team following a reporter’s use of the n-word in a news segment.
The BBC Radio 1xtra host, whose real name is David Whitely, announced his departure from BBC in an Instagram post.“I just don’t feel comfortable being aligned with the organization,” Whitely, who is Black, said in the social media video posted Saturday. “I can’t make sense of it no matter how much I think about it.
So I think it’s time that I’ve left.”Whitely made his announcement after BBC reporter Fiona Lamdin used the racial slur to recount a violent crime.
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