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Northam says he is not in racist yearbook photo, but acknowledges darkening face for another party
Fox News ^ | 2/2/19 Last Update 10 mins ago | Adam Shaw

Posted on 02/02/2019 12:15:27 PM PST by conservative98

He apologized for the picture appearing on his page, calling the image "offensive" and "racist," but said that he had nothing to do with the preparation of the yearbook, nor did he buy it.

He said that while he did not attend that party where the picture was taken, he did attend another party the same year in which he said he "darkened my face as part of a Michael Jackson costume."

He also said that he did not expect Virginians to believe him immediately or to forgive his actions right away: "I am just asking for that ability to demonstrate that the person I was is not the man I am today.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: coonman; justinfairfax; markherring; michaeljackson; northam; ralphnortham; virginia
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To: tennmountainman

You said it, and you know why they do? I tell you why. It is natural for them to lie. They can’t help it.


82 posted on 02/02/2019 12:59:28 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Political Junkie Too
"Late Night with Seth Meyers" writer Amber Ruffin:

“(Blackface is) not racist on Halloween. It’s racist every day. There is no magical day where you can wear blackface with no repercussions unless all of your friends are white, and I’m guessing all of Megyn Kelly’s friends are white.”

“Blackface is racist because It turns black people into a costume and divorces them from their humanity. We’re people, not costumes. But more importantly, it ignores the severely racist context in which blackface was introduced into this country, and actions don’t exist separate from their context.”

When will Amber Ruffin demand Northam's resignation?

Actor Patton Oswalt:

Dear @megynkelly — you and I are approximately the same age. Blackface was NOT okay when we were kids. Take it from a big-hearted boy who just wanted to show his love for Nipsey Russell on the worst Halloween of my life.

When will Patton Oswalt demand Northam's resignation?

Padma Lakshmi:

Because @megynkelly: minstrelsy is the basis for the coining of the term "Jim Crow" laws which served to humiliate & target Black Americans. Because caricaturing another race perpetuates the dehumanization of POC who are being killed & jailed at a disproportionate rate in the US

When will Padma Lakshmi demand Northam's resignation?

-PJ

83 posted on 02/02/2019 1:00:41 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: marajade

I liked Michael Jackson when he was a kid. My favorite song by him is “Ben”


84 posted on 02/02/2019 1:03:01 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Political Junkie Too

This guy is a one man Democrat wrecking ball.


85 posted on 02/02/2019 1:04:45 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: RightGeek

LOL. Need to add the red MAGA hats!


86 posted on 02/02/2019 1:04:56 PM PST by Cecily
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To: tinamina

Even the Baptists have a couple of liberal denominations.


87 posted on 02/02/2019 1:05:48 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: NohSpinZone

Post 64 - why did you put a picture of Michelle Obama as a youth in this thread about the governor of Virginia?


88 posted on 02/02/2019 1:05:58 PM PST by Bernard (We will stop calling you fake news when you stop being fake news.)
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To: ironman

You must question the opposition research of the Virginia GOP. This information would have been available in 2017 to Northam’s opponent.


89 posted on 02/02/2019 1:13:38 PM PST by Wallace T.
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To: conservative98

Add Northham to Pelosi & Schumer, etc., and the Democrat Party continues to actively destroy itself politically from within.

African-Americans, Governor, Northam in 1984 (Some 25 years after the civil rights revolution) whether pictured in “Black-Face” or playing a “Black Face” Michael Jackson os proof as to how you all were used and abused by the Democrat Party for centuries. Go figure...folks!!!


90 posted on 02/02/2019 1:14:58 PM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: Track9

At times Michael Jackson’s face was whiter than this jerk off governor. I hope he doesn’t resign soon because this is all so entertaining.


91 posted on 02/02/2019 1:16:54 PM PST by VietVet876
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To: Cecily

Mark Twain famously said...
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything,”


92 posted on 02/02/2019 1:19:11 PM PST by buffyt (Rush Limbaugh is M.R.G.A. = Making Radio Great Again!)
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To: Cecily

One question for this pig turd:

There are four photos on your page of the yearbook, three of which are clearly of you and one of which is the one you now dispute, after previously admitting to it. From whom, other than you, did those pictures come?


93 posted on 02/02/2019 1:19:16 PM PST by libstripper
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To: VietVet876

I know he is really dark in the picture, but isn’t there a facial recognition program that can be run to give a probability result of it being him?


94 posted on 02/02/2019 1:19:46 PM PST by TBall
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To: Kaslin

Michael Jackson was among the best of the best. Sad. His medical doctor is partly responsible, if not all, for his death. His doctor should of never given that medication to help him sleep when it for patients in a hospital in use for surgery.

I saw Michael Jackson in The Wizard of Oz with Diana Ross on broadway. I tremendous talent.


95 posted on 02/02/2019 1:20:53 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: conservative98
He said that while he did not attend that party where the picture was taken, he did attend another party the same year in which he said he "darkened my face as part of a Michael Jackson costume."

So, his defense is that he didn't wear blackface at that particular party, but he did wear blackface at another party? Yeah, that'll get him off the hook.

96 posted on 02/02/2019 1:22:57 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: TBall

I fully expect this will turn into a forensic extravaganza with all the CIA facial recognition software applied to the photos and a Muller/Russia like probe including agents interviewing every living two-legger who taught, worked at, and attended his medical school. It is fully worthy of a “48 Hours” investigative special. Somewhere in the fault-ridden canyons of L.A. County, a screen play is being written.


97 posted on 02/02/2019 1:28:05 PM PST by VietVet876
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To: conservative98

98 posted on 02/02/2019 1:28:14 PM PST by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: Grampa Dave

How did they get the interest in pediatrics and the quote about old drunks and old doctors if he didn’t supply all the pictures and review the entire page before it was published? Indeed, it would be very dangerous for a publisher of yearbooks like Northam’s to publish individuals’ pages without getting their specific approval because of possible libel suits resulting from improper, unauthorized publications. The disputed picture, due to its potential devastating career impact, is an ideal example of one nobody should publish without specific advance approval.


99 posted on 02/02/2019 1:28:45 PM PST by libstripper
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To: GreenHornet

Dear Ralph Northam: You now appear to be lying about a mix-up. You wrote a caption under the racist photograph. It references your interest in being a doctor, and beer, which is in the photo. You knew exactly what you were doing with that photo. You need to resign.@RalphNortham https://t.co/puR2n3lYIm— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 2, 2019


100 posted on 02/02/2019 1:29:18 PM PST by conservative98
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