Jordan Gillette- Racist small-town Alabama news editor in KKK row steps down

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47360990

Summary: On Tuesday, February 25th, BBC released an article about the resigning of Goodloe Sutton, an editor at the suburban Alabama newspaper the Democrat-Reporter after this man called for the mass lynching of democrats. Goodloe Sutton had a hushed racist past, and finally they've come into the limelight. Only last week, Sutton had called for the KKK, one of the oldest white supremacy groups, to raid gated communities in Washington D.C., getting his name entangled in many controversies nationwide. Taking Sutton's place is Elecia Dexter, a 46-year-old black woman, and she wants to help get the paper back in the right direction. The story has recently received national attention, with many politicians such as senator Doug Jones pouring their support into Ms. Dexter, and the future of non-biased small-town Alabama newspapers.

Analysis: In the words of senator Doug Jones, "Good riddance, Goodloe." People like this are the reason why there is still racial tension within America. I am very glad that Elecia Dexter is snatching his spot; it's nice to see that, while small-scale, changes are still being made to better race relations within the South and alter their reputation. I hadn't heard about this before reading this article, though the concept racist people in Alabama is no stranger to the media or history, so unfortunately I wasn't surprised. This article was written by the writing staff at BBC (the names weren't listed), and this article was written to highlight the dark secrets that those with power may be holding, and whether or not the public is innocent or hushed. This can be related to when Virginia governor Ralph Northam was under fire for a picture in the 1980s of him in blackface with the KKK earlier this year.