{"id":5031,"date":"2026-02-28T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/was-deon-coles-tourettes-syndrome-joke-at-the-2026-naacp-awards-offensive\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:21:52","slug":"was-deon-coles-tourettes-syndrome-joke-at-the-2026-naacp-awards-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/was-deon-coles-tourettes-syndrome-joke-at-the-2026-naacp-awards-offensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Deon Cole\u2019s Tourette\u2019s Syndrome Joke at the 2026 NAACP Awards Offensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oh34ERJAv2E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>At the 2026 NAACP Image Awards, host Deon Cole made a comment during his opening monologue referencing the recent BAFTA Awards incident involving a Tourette\u2019s syndrome advocate whose involuntary outburst included an offensive racial slur. Cole\u2019s joke \u2014 framed as a humorous \u201cwarning\u201d \u2014 sparked debate online about whether it was insensitive to people with Tourette\u2019s syndrome and those affected by the earlier event.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 What actually happened at the BAFTA Awards and why it became controversial<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 How Deon Cole addressed the moment during his NAACP hosting duties<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 Reactions to the joke \u2014 from advocacy perspectives to public opinion<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 The broader discussion on humor, disability awareness, and comedy boundaries<\/p>\n<p>We explore both sides of the conversation respectfully and encourage thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>#NAACPImageAwards #DeonCole #ComedyDebate #TouretteSyndromeAwareness #BAFTAIncident #EntertainmentNews #2026Debate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2026 NAACP Image Awards, host Deon Cole made a comment during his opening monologue referencing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-30.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}