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December 30, 2020

Kansas City Star Apologizes for Its Racist History
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The Kansas City Star, one of the most influential newspapers in the
Midwest, has apologized for the paper's racist history. The paper's top
editor admitted the Star and a sister paper had reinforced segregation,
Jim Crow laws and redlining. The editor, Mike Fannin, wrote, "Decade
after early decade it robbed an entire community of opportunity,
dignity, justice and recognition." The paper went on to admit that its
coverage had "disenfranchised, ignored and scorned generations" of Black
residents.


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