Monday 11 February 2019

Racism and redemption: Virginia blackface row stirs painful past

Racism and redemption: Virginia blackface row stirs painful pastCan a politician be forgiven for racist behavior from the past? What if that behavior evoked the darkest chapters of American history, from slavery to segregation? The 59-year-old Democrat is refusing to resign over a yearbook photograph showing a person in blackface and another wearing Ku Klux Klan robes -- denying either was him.




No comments:

Post a Comment