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Reggie Yates quits top of the pops over racial slur 

Reggie Yates is an English actor, television presenter and radio DJ, best known from his roles as Rastamouse, Leo Jones in Doctor Who, and for his work at the BBC in radio and television, he has had to however resign from one of the shows was presenting "top of the pops" due to his use of racial slurs. When i first heard this story i was shocked to hear reggie was the person making use of derogatory stereo types because of his knowledge of the social divide's the population is facing at the moment due to racial issues as he himself has reported on it and has documentaries on how the black community has been represented and issues they face. 

according to the BBC "He will no longer appear on the BBC shows after remarking in a podcast that a new generation of singers are “independent, they’re not managed by some random fat Jewish guy from north-west London”." 



though what reggie yates said has some truth to it, there is no way he needed to use those derogatory stereotypes in order to prove his point, artist's have become more independant due to the rising disconnect from large labels