BBC sacks a Devon DJ that played a 1932 song with the N word

[arista]

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He said sorry
or do you want me to fall on my sword.


the Bloated BBC said fall on your sword


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Sacked: David Lowe, who has 32 years' service
with the BBC, lost his job
for playing The Sun Has Got His Hat On (1932 version)

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Sign Of The Times

[DrunkerThanMoses]

Over-reaction much, seems like an innocent mistake.

[DrunkerThanMoses]

Wait he got sacked because 1 person complained.... really 1 person

[arista]

Over-reaction much, seems like an innocent mistake.


But the N word went out on the Radio
in the 1932 song

[arista]

Wait he got sacked because 1 person complained.... really 1 person


Yes 1 person
started the Fire

[DrunkerThanMoses]

But the N word went out on the Radio
in the 1932 song

I suppose he could have checked before playing the song but its not like he purposely aired the song to cause a fuss, it was an innocent mistake.

[Jesus.]

What was the actual lyric, Arista?

[arista]

I suppose he could have checked before playing the song but its not like he purposely aired the song to cause a fuss, it was an innocent mistake.


Yes he should have checked the song in full before playing
its he mistake
so he offered to fall on his sword


The Bloated BBC said yes
leave

[arista]

What was the actual lyric, Arista?


A Black Person was called a "N"
in 1932


The second verse went: ‘He’s been tanning n*****s out in Timbuktu, Now he’s coming back to do the same for you.’

[arista]

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[DrunkerThanMoses]

What was the actual lyric, Arista?

The second verse went: ‘He’s been tanning n*****s out in Timbuktu, Now he’s coming back to do the same for you.’

Jonathan King, who was jailed in 2001 for sexually abusing teenagers in the 1980s, covered the song in 1971.

He changed the lyric to: ‘He’s been tanning negroes in Timbuktu.’

More recent versions have changed it to: ‘He’s been roastin’ peanuts out in Timbuktu’ or just ‘shining brightly out in Timbuktu’.

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[Jesus.]

Cheers Arista and DTM.

[arista]

Warning this Music has the N word in it Don Not Click it this it offends you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDIpkz6DOi8

This mature DJ was stupid to not know the N word is in it.

[Livia]

The world was a very different place when this song was written. I'm not sticking up for using the word, not at all... and I'm not sure it should have been played... but sacking someone for ONE complaint is a bit rich considering the fact that that the N word is played over the air hundreds maybe thousands of times a day in contemporary music.

[arista]

The world was a very different place when this song was written. I'm not sticking up for using the word, not at all... and I'm not sure it should have been played... but sacking someone for ONE complaint is a bit rich considering the fact that that the N word is played over the air hundreds maybe thousands of times a day in contemporary music.


Yes but he said sorry
or do you want me to full on my sword


The Bloated BBC picked the option of him leaving


Yes its a song played on BBC TV in Edit Format
to introduce a docu
or point & on their "one show"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Another example on management cowards acting out of fear of blame and nothing at all to do with racism

He should be reinstated and the person who sacked him should be sacked for abject cowardice

[Crimson Dynamo]

*notes free toy that small LT would like

[DrunkerThanMoses]

They all ready said he could have his job back but he told them no... dont blame him

[arista]

They all ready said he could have his job back but he told them no... dont blame him


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[arista]

*notes free toy that small LT would like

Only from 2 stores

[jackc1806]

Seems like an innocent mistake. I never knew the song had that word in but then again it was from the 1930s so it's obviously changed throughout the years. Feel sorry for the guy

[arista]

Seems like an innocent mistake. I never knew the song had that word in but then again it was from the 1930s so it's obviously changed throughout the years. Feel sorry for the guy



Yes Edited out

[Samuel.]

Maybe I'm numb to the world listening to hip hop every hour of every day, but it blows my mind that they'd even consider sacking him for this regardless of if it received 1,000 complaints.

Maybe they saw it as an opportunity to change staff anyway.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Radio 2 recently played Olivers Army and it contains the n word and it was played. Are they going to now sack Jeremy Vine?

[arista]

Radio 2 recently played Olivers Army and it contains the n word and it was played. Are they going to now sack Jeremy Vine?



No