Because politicians continue to fan the flames of racism for political reasons, many Americans have been duped into believing that modern whites are just as racists as past white racists, which is not really true. Modern racism tends to exist in our culture as a result of unjustified black hatred of whites and unjustified white hatred of blacks, primarily created by the racist narratives of leftists for political purposes.
These images of kids in blackface and KKK robes are meant to be jokes but are unwise because of their insensitivity towards blacks. Blacks who erupt with anger or violence over such displays of fake racism are also displaying weakness of character.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam facing pressure to step down amid uproar over photo of someone in blackface in his 1984 medical school yearbook
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Blackface photo stirs calls for Virginia governor to resign
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam facing pressure to step down amid uproar over photo of someone in blackface in his 1984 medical school yearbook
ByALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press
February 3, 2019, 9:33 PM
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, gestures as his wife, Pam, listens during a news conference in the Governors Mansion at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Northam is under fire for a racial p...Show more
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Gov. Ralph Northam clung to office Sunday amid nearly unanimous calls from his own party to resign over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, going silent after a bizarre 24 hours in which he first admitted he was in the picture, then denied it.
The Democrat's stunning about-face — at a weekend news conference where he also acknowledged putting on blackface for a dance contest decades ago and appeared to briefly entertain the notion of doing the Michael Jackson moonwalk for reporters — only seemed to make things worse.
The chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus declared that Northam "still does not understand the seriousness of his actions." The photo shows someone in blackface and another person in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe.