Throughout the last year, the re-ignition of racial tensions in the United States in the wake of the deaths of 46-year-old George Floyd and 26-year-old Breonna Taylor at the hands of police has led many Americans to re-examine lingering aspects of their history that may have otherwise gone unchallenged.
This has come in the form of widespread calls to remove monuments to historical figures who contributed to the oppression of Black Americans, but it has also seen some celebrities come to terms with the fact that they've uncritically made use of similar remnants of America's darker chapters.
And in recent days, fans of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper have come to realize that years ago, she had been honored by an organization with its own uncomfortable history.