Commitment OR Cringe: Kansas Guv Kelly Condemns Racism For Kwanzaa

Today's celebration for the uninitiated . . . 

"On the last day of Kwanzaa we light the final candle, we celebrate Imani, or faith. That means honoring our best traditions as a family and community."

Here's at TKC we'll share this note from the Kansas Guv that was a bit cringe-y and downplayed by our cowtown media colleagues . . . But still worth a peek . . .

When Kansas Governor Laura Kelly hosted community members for a Kwanzaa celebration this week, she left them with a strong, unequivocal message about the wrongs of racism.

“I want to be clear that racism and prejudice have no place in Kansas,” Kelly said Wednesday in remarks reported by the Topeka Capital-Journal. “As governor, I will continue to call out and condemn racism, prejudice and any behavior or rhetoric that aims to discriminate and divide whenever and wherever I see it.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas governor takes occasion of Kwanzaa celebration to decry racism

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