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Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nA Mobo Award-winning duo who’ve been criticised for laughing at “racist jokes” on a US podcast could have asked for them to be edited out, its host has claimed.<\/p>\n James Duncan and Fuhad Dawodu, better known as Shxtsngigs, have apologised after facing backlash over the episode of Andrew Schulz’s series Flagrant.<\/p>\n The pair said it was a “mistake” not to challenge the host over his comments about black women and blamed a “fight or flight” reaction<\/a><\/p>\n In the latest episode of his podcast, Schulz has said they could have asked for the material to be edited out, but chose not to. <\/p>\n BBC Newsbeat has contacted James and Fuhad’s representatives for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Listeners took offence at comments Schulz made during a discussion of the “black girlfriend effect” – the inspiration for a TikTok trend where mixed race couples share how their relationships have changed them<\/p>\n James and Fuhad agreed that black women “glow up the other culture”, but Schulz argued that white men alter their appearance out of a “protective instinct”.<\/p>\n He added: “They shave their hair because they start losing it, because he’s so stressed to be around this black girl complaining all the time. <\/p>\n “They grow their beard because they need a cushion when they get slapped.”<\/p>\n James and Fuhad, who have millions of followers and won a Mobo Award in February<\/a>, apologised after a clip was widely shared and accused of promoting racist stereotypes about black women.<\/p>\n They said they were “in shock” during the recording session in July and there was “no excuse” for their behaviour.<\/p>\n On his on podcast, which came out on Wednesday, Schulz said he could sympathise with James and Fuhad’s situation.<\/p>\n He said their producer had asked to cut other parts of the show they found inappropriate. <\/p>\n “But with that joke about the black women, nothing,” he says. <\/p>\n “The fight or flight thing wasn\u2019t really there afterwards.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Schulz also said James and Fuhad had only spoken out now because of the criticism. <\/p>\n “There was no negative reaction after it came out,” he says.<\/p>\n “To me, that\u2019s indicative of somebody who just likes cancelling or causing chaos on the internet trying to bait people.”<\/p>\n Schulz said it was wrong for the guests to apologise, and doing so had “amplified” the situation. <\/p>\n “What you have done is you have empowered the people who have tried to cancel you,” he said.<\/p>\n Fans of the Shxtsngigs podcast have said they feel let down by the clip, saying it plays into the racist “angry black woman” trope<\/a>.<\/p>\n One, Jorden Berkeley, previously told Newsbeat she’d have expected “even the slightest of pushback” to Schulz’s comments.<\/p>\n James and Fuhad have not publicly responded to Schulz’s latest comments and have not responded to Newsbeat’s request for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\")
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