BRITAIN’S Got Talent has become embroiled in a racism storm after fans reacted with shock to an act shown on Saturday night.
Serial auditionee Jim Fitzpatrick, 63, returned to the stage after three years away in a homemade crow outfit. Simon Cowell was left open-mouthed as the giant bird was lowered from the rafters before performing a bizarre dance routine.
When Jim revealed his real name to the judges, Ant McPartlin in the wings of the stage turned to the camera and said: "Looks like a Jim." While the studio audience lapped up the strange performance, some watching at home couldn’t believe it made the televised edit, noting the painful history of the so-called Jim Crow laws The laws enforced racial segregation in Southern US states in the late 19th and early 20th century before being abolished in 1965.
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