‘Racist’ BBC alter fried chicken post

THE BBC has been accused of racism after it posted a video online asking: “Black people and fried chicken – is there any truth in it?”

The corporation put the video on Newsbeat’s Twitter feed, on the last day of Black History Month, to promote a documentary about racism faced by black people in Britain.

The video was later reposted with a change in accompanying text.

Ellen @tuplandia wrote: “Are you going to apologise for your previous headlines?”

And @susan1878 wrote: “This is offensive and racist.”