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NEW YORK – The latest on the use of a racial insult by the founder of Papa John (all local):
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Papa John & # 39; s says its founder John Schnatter has resigned as chairman of the board. The company made the announcement on Wednesday night, hours after Schnatter apologized for using a racial insult during a conference call in May
. 19659002] Forbes said Schnatter used the word N during a media training exercise. Asked how he would distance himself from racist groups, Schnatter reportedly complained that Colonel Sanders had never been hurt for using the word
in a statement published by Papa Johns of Louisville, Kentucky. .
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Papa John's founder, John Schnatter, apologizes after using a racial insult during a conference call in May.
comes after Forbes quoted an anonymous source as saying that the pizza chain marketing firm broke with the company afterwards.
Forbes said Schnatter used the N-word during a media training exercise. When asked how he would distance himself from racist groups, Schnatter reportedly complained that Colonel Sanders had never experienced a backlash for using this word
in a statement by Papa John & # 39; s, Schnatter said reports attributing to him inappropriate and hurtful language. were true He said, "No matter the context, I'm sorry."
Schnatter resigned from his CEO position last year after blaming the slowdown in sales growth over the uproar surrounding kneeling football players during the national anthem. He remains president.
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