White Kansas official tells black woman: ‘we are the master race’

Louis Klemp, who has a history of making controversial statements, claims comments were joke about tooth gap

Louis Klemp
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A white county commissioner in the US state of Kansas claimed he belonged to “the master race” during a presentation by black city planner, local sources report.

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