Headline Roundup • October 24th, 2018
Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Blackface Comments
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Today Show host Megyn Kelly apologized on Wednesday after saying that blackface was "OK" when she was growing up "as long as you were dressing like a character.” Many criticized her remarks as racially insensitive, while others have said that, in context, her comments were not meant to be racist or offensive.
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