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‘American Idol’ Finalist Caleb Kennedy Leaves Show in Wake of Racist Social Media Post
Ellise Shafer administrator“American Idol” finalist Caleb Kennedy is exiting the ABC show after a social media post resurfaced depicting him sitting next to and filming someone wearing what appears to be a Ku Klux Klan hood.Variety has confirmed that 16-year-old Kennedy is no longer in the competition, and that Sunday’s episode will feature the show’s top four singers with one contestant elimination.The video in question shows a younger Kennedy sitting next to a person who is wearing a white hood similar to those adopted as a symbol of hate by the white supremacist domestic terrorist group Ku Klux Klan.In a statement on his social media, Kennedy, native of Roebuck, South Carolina, addressed the video and his elimination from “American
