George Pyle: What I learned about Salt Lake City by hearing leaders explain it to out-of-towners

Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is basically critical race theory demystified.

(AP Photo | Charlie Riedel) In this photo taken Tuesday, June 23, 2020, a homeless woman sits on a bench near the J.C. Nichols fountain in Kansas City, Mo. The city's board of parks and recreation is considering a proposal to remove the J.C. Nichols name from the fountain and a nearby street as it addresses racial concerns about the influential local developer. Nichols developed some of the area's most desirable neighborhoods as well as the city's Country Club Plaza shopping district in the early 1900s, but excluded Blacks, Jews and other minorities using deed restrictions on his properties.

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George PyleEditorial Editor

George has been an editorial writer, columnist and blogger for The Tribune's Opinion Section since 2002 (with a four-year diversion to do the same things for The Buffalo News in Buffalo, N.Y.).