a number of TV shows being removed from streaming services due to their use of blackface.While defending his own use of blackface in past sketches, Enfield said: ‘Obviously, Al Jolson or GH Elliott who played the Chocolate Coloured C**n, in the thirties, they perpetuated the myth of the happy negro, who was very happy to sing under the crack of the whip.
Obviously that’s deeply offensive.’Robinson pointed out that many listeners would find the slur offensive, saying that Enfield was using it in inverted commas, with the comedian continuing: ‘Well, that was his name on stage.’The journalist has now apologised for the slur, tweeting: ‘The discussion on @bbcr4today about comedy & the portrayal of black people between Harry Enfield & Ava Vidal.
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