kentuple
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I am the furthest thing from a racist yet I am quite disgusted at these many many voices that still call for VA governor Northam's resignation. Give it a week or two and the folks responsible for that yearbook photo will eventually come forward and speak up and you'll find that as claimed, Northam was neither participant and completely NOT complicit in the creation, posting and knowledge of the yearbook photo. His presentation over the weekend was crushingly simple and I am convinced: he only learned of the photo when the rest of us did, never saw his yearbook page, left VA immediately upon graduating to serve in the Army. He made a little error in his first reaction to the crisis, thinking it might have been him in the photo. This was understandable considering the weight of sudden allegations foist upon him. He overreacted and thought, "Oh no, what did I do". But upon deeper reflection and consultation with family and classmates, thence realized that no, he knew nothing whatsoever about that photo. The man is obviously sincere, very personable, a doctor, not a Klansman and you might as well just hand him the Nobel Peace prize today for his brave showing in this horrid crisis.
Furthermore, the photo likely isn't even racist sentiment. That's an actual African-American there! This is a joke and it is in that Ebony & Ivory spirit, good-natured. The black man depicted is clearly not Northam and based on stature he also likely cannot be the Klansman depicted.
Yeah, the Army whisked Northam away pronto after he graduated and the whole yearbook thing was never pursued or seen. Northam convinced me and he is dead right to stay the course, as he stated, unless he finds himself unable to govern.
Furthermore, the photo likely isn't even racist sentiment. That's an actual African-American there! This is a joke and it is in that Ebony & Ivory spirit, good-natured. The black man depicted is clearly not Northam and based on stature he also likely cannot be the Klansman depicted.
Yeah, the Army whisked Northam away pronto after he graduated and the whole yearbook thing was never pursued or seen. Northam convinced me and he is dead right to stay the course, as he stated, unless he finds himself unable to govern.