Black Editor Who Took Over Alabama Newspaper That Called for K.K.K. to 'Ride Again' Steps Down

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

When a white newspaper editor in Alabama drew widespread condemnation for an editorial that called for the Ku Klux Klan to ride again, only to be replaced by a black woman who hoped to take the newspaper in a new direction, it seemed like a symbolic moment.

The new editor and publisher, Elecia R. Dexter, said she wanted to make the newspaper, The Democrat-Reporter, more reflective of the community it serves in Linden, a small town in western Alabama that is about 59 percent white and 41 percent black.

But now, after only a few weeks, Ms. Dexter has stepped down.

Her departure this week, which she attributed to continuing interference from the editor she was meant to replace, complicates the future of the weekly newspaper, which was once hailed for its journalism, and reflects the thorny reality that healing from racially hurtful acts is rarely a once-and-done process.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-editor-who-took-over-alabama-newspaper-that-called-for-kkk-to-ride-again-steps-down/ar-BBUPsDK?li=BBnbcA1

[mr_lebowski]

1. So, wait, they kept this previous editor around, AND he's interfering to the point she's leaving?

That's pretty disgraceful, I gotta say. WTH is wrong with the management there? That guy should've been let the hell go. If not before FOR SURE now that he's making the new editor's life hellish. Not cool!

[NYC Liberal]

2. What's wrong with the management is they clearly agree with that editor.

[SoCalNative]

3. He owns the paper

it's in the article. There is no other "management" involved.

"But in the weeks since, Ms. Dexter said she ran into problems with Mr. Sutton, who retained ownership of the paper, which had been in his family for decades."

[mr_lebowski]

4. Ah ... guess it would help to read the article lol ... thx (nt)