At a busy news day, dominated by the Saturday shootout in a Pittsburgh synagogue, the hosts of the NBC channel's "Today" show quickly marked a fresh start for the show. from 9 am by mentioning the The network's decision to cancel "Megyn Kelly Today".

"Today, as you know, we are embarking on a new chapter in the third hour of our show as it evolves," says the anchor. Hoda Kotb told viewers, without giving details of what NBC plans to do with the third hour of the long-term show. "We want you to know that the whole family & # 39; Today & # 39; will continue to tell you informative and important stories, as we always do."

The time of Kelly 's "Today" broadcast was canned last week as a result of the anchor' s remarks to defend the opportunity of S & # 's. Dress up in blackface on Halloween.

Over the weekend, the network's website also published an editorial for current students at Kelly High School, Bethlehem Central High School, near Albany, New York, challenging its thesis that the blackface was always acceptable.

In her October 23 show about inappropriate Halloween costumes, Kelly defended the use of the blackface, arguing that "once, I was a child, (blackface) was OK, provided you disguise yourself as a character.

The students responded: "These comments do not speak at all about who we are in Bethlehem or Bethlehem Central High School, from where she graduated in 1988. Blackface is not acceptable anywhere in America, and that's not acceptable in our city We were I'm not alive when Megyn was in high school, but, in memory of many of our parents who grew up here, it was not acceptable even in the 1980s city she knew. "

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Students noted that the demographics of their city (92% of Whites, 2.5% of African-Americans, 3.2% of Asians and 2.7% of Latino) "create real blind spots. " A search in the archives of a local newspaper revealed that shows of minstrels – in which blackface was often used – were still presented in the school gym until 1960.

"Perhaps the power to stay (minnows) even in the northeastern United States despite its obvious fanaticism is evidence of the pernicious role that Blackface has played and continues to play in the general normalization of racist caricatures," he said. he. "Jim Crow, after all, was a black-faced character long before he was a shortcut for systematic oppression."

The op-ed continued, "The reason why Megyn commented that Blackface was" OK "when she was a child (let alone her statement at the time that" I do not know how (blackface) is become racist on Halloween ", in response to previous reviews of the practice) were so shocking that Blackface is a much deeper racism projection and a symbol of time that is not as far as we could wish the admit. "

NBC has yet to determine if Kelly has a future on the network as a result of canceling his show. A report on the show "Today" on Friday said that she was negotiating her exit from the network.

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