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To play devil's advocate > In 1980, when I was a 19-year-old undergraduate in college, some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listene
by michaelmrose 3y ago
To play devil's advocate
> In 1980, when I was a 19-year-old undergraduate in college, some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time, like Kurtis Blow, and perform a song,” Herring said in a statement. “It sounds ridiculous even now writing it. But because of our ignorance and glib attitudes – and because we did not have an appreciation for the experiences and perspectives of others – we dressed up and put on wigs and brown makeup.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/virginia-attorney-general-blackface/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/virginia-attorney-ge...
Seems more stupid and less evil than I would have thought.
- true_religion 3y agoIn retrospect I don’t really hold the act itself against him. However, it’s that as soon as the governor was in trouble, he became the foremost critic as if he had totally forgotten his own past.