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The Great Blackface Reckoning of 2019
America, we need to talk. Not one, not two, but THREE elected officials in Virginia are knee-deep in blackface controversies at this very moment. Ralph Northam, the Democratic governor of the state denies that he appears in a now-viral image from his yearbook page of...
While We’re Obsessed with White People in Blackface the Nation’s Schools Are Killing Black Minds
Another day, another politician with blackface in his past. If you are keeping track, three top elected officials in Virginia have been busted for old photos showing them engaging in blackface. Let’s put gas in the outrage machine and crank it up. Here’s a question...
All These Scandals Are Exhausting, Can Ralph “Shoe Polish on My Face” Northam Just Resign?
Since the beginning of #45’s term, I have ended too many days literally exhausted from hearing about the most recent lack of leadership, daily fiasco, cover-ups and deflection, that I have decided to settle my spirit by letting it all go, and simply saying to...
Democrats Must Do More Than Condemn Ralph Northam
Now that photos have emerged of the Virginia Democratic governor’s medical school yearbook, which includes a healthy number of super racist pictures, I hope that Democrats and progressives around the country use this opportunity to realize that fighting racism isn’t...
This Black History Month, Let’s Agree to Stop Giving ‘Racist Hall Passes’ to White People
Dear America: when will y’all start giving everyone else the same amount of credit/benefit of the doubt/empathy and/or sympathy you give racist white boys? Before you reply “Well, whatsoever do you MEAN?!?”, take into consideration the latest egregious examples of...Recent Posts
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