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'Horrifically racist' Chris Lilley slammed after Elijah Doughty protest

Aussie comedian Chris Lilley has been branded “horrifically racist” and “insensitive” after posting a video about a person of colour being run over.

The Summer Heights High producer shared his 2012 music video “Squashed N***a” on Instagram, just hours after thousands descended on Melbourne’s CBD to protest the sentence given to the man accused of Aboriginal teenager Elijah Doughty's death.


Doughty, who was just 14, was riding a motorcycle when he was ran over by a man in a ute who had been looking for two stolen bikes. A court this week cleared the man of manslaughter and handed down a three-year dangerous driving sentence.

Lilley’s parody song - which was first released in 2012 - features him in blackface and opens with the image of a boy lying splayed on the road after being hit by a truck.


While the post has since been removed from Lilley’s public Instagram page, it’s continuing to anger many people of Twitter.

Indigenous rapper and media personality Adam Briggs was one of the first to call out Lilley, writing: "I know someone who follows me will have Chris Lilley in their contacts - tell him, from me; 'Chris, go f**k yourself you tactless gronk'".


Protesters in Melbourne’s Swanston Street were heard chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “no justice, no peace” last night, while staging a sit-in.

Lilley appears to have taken down his Instagram and Twitter profiles. Be has contacted his management for comment.

The music video starts with the image of a boy on the road and later features Lilley in blackface in front of a truck
The music video starts with the image of a boy on the road and later features Lilley in blackface in front of a truck