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		</div><p>Stand-up comedian Nabil Abdulrashid delivered an explosive routine during the Britain’s Got Talent final, tackling racism and Diversity’s Black Lives Matter-inspired dance.</p>
<p>The south London native, who secured a golden buzzer from Alesha Dixon earlier in the competition, addressed the number of complaints the ITV show has prompted this series.</p>
<p>Earlier in the series, the Diversity routine sparked more than 24,000 complaints to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unapologetically FUNNY! <a href="https://twitter.com/Nabilu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Nabilu</a> just knows how to make everything exhilaratingly funny! ð¤£ð¤£ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BGT?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BGT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BGTFinal?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BGTFinal</a> <a href="https://t.co/7L2EalG0tA">pic.twitter.com/7L2EalG0tA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; BGT (@BGT) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGT/status/1315021547258753025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>However, Ofcom said it would not investigate the incident and ITV also praised the dance troupe for their “authentic, heartfelt” routine.</p>
<p>Arriving on stage, Abdulrashid said: “I am glad we are here. I thought we wouldn’t make it. A lot of complaints. They complained because we said Black Lives Matter. Thousands of complaints.</p>
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<p>“I am shocked so many of them know how to write. Hopefully if I annoy them today they can progress on to words.</p>
<p>“They even wrote complaints about me. That’s what upsets me. What did I say to offend anybody?</p>
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<p>&mdash; BGT (@BGT) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGT/status/1315019750586683392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“You would think I came out here and said something really inflammatory like, ‘Winston Churchill was black’.</p>
<p>“But really, he was. And I can prove it. If you don’t believe me, when was the last time you met a white man named Winston?”</p>
<p>A statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into Bristol Harbour during a Black Lives Matter march on June 7.</p>
<p>Abdulrashid said: “We aren’t trying to protest and destroy buildings. Black people have real problems. That is not us.</p>
<p>“I can prove it. In Bristol that statue got taken down, none of the people there was black.</p>
<p>“You know how I know? Because they did it in front of the police and nobody got arrested, Tasered or pepper sprayed.”</p>
<p>Signing off, he said: “I hope I win tonight because it will make history, but I am already sad because I know that if I do people will deconstruct it and say I only won because I am black.</p>
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<p>“The same way they said Alesha only gave me a golden buzzer because I am black, even though I am the first black person she has given a buzzer to in three years.”</p>
<p>After, Dixon said: “Every time you perform I am on the edge of my seat,” before adding: “I kind of like the fact you make me feel nervous.”</p>
<p>Fellow judge and Diversity dancer Ashley Banjo added: “I know what it is like to get a few complaints. There are two ways you can react.</p>
<p>“You can either bend to the pressure or be unapologetically yourself. And it is pretty obvious to me which one you chose.</p>
<p>“It’s not even just about being black. It is about being unapologetically you.”</p>
<p>Addressing the number of complaints she drew for her low-cut dress in one semi-final, Amanda Holden quipped: “So do I.”</p>
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