Don't be talkin bout no negros when honoring veterans on Memorial day.

The organizer, Cindy Suchan, told the paper that the portion of Kemter's speech in which the audio was cut "was not relevant to our program for the day" and that the "theme of the day was honoring Hudson veterans."

During his speech, Kemter, whom the Journal reported was the keynote speaker for the event, discussed the history of the holiday, including the discovery of newspaper clippings and handwritten notes that showed a group of freed Black people were among the first to commemorate the holiday following the surrender of the Confederacy.

Suchan told the paper that she asked Kemter to take out certain parts of the speech ahead of the event. She told the Journal that parts of the portion of Kemter's speech in which his microphone was turned down were included in what she previously asked Kemter to take out.

Kemter also told the paper that an organizer emailed him days before the event asking that a portion of his address that pertained to Black people's role in the origins of the holiday be taken out.

Jake from State Farm wrote:Is this country becoming more racist or are people just more open about being racist?

Cameron wrote:Further confirmation that Ohio is a shitty state full of shitty people.

Jake from State Farm wrote:Is this country becoming more racist or are people just more open about being racist?

Cameron wrote:Further confirmation that Ohio is a shitty state full of shitty people.

Turtleneck wrote:

Cameron wrote:Further confirmation that Ohio is a shitty state full of shitty people.

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