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9. I'm about the same age as Northam.

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:13 PM

Feb 2019

In my college yearbook there were photos of fraternity boys wearing Confederate uniforms. It was a thing at the time. This particular fraternity had a Confederate Ball or some damn thing every year.

I didn't participate. Nobody I knew would have dreamed of participating.

Those were Confederate uniforms. I can't imagine anybody dressing up in minstrel blackface or in a klan costume, even in the late 70s or early 80s. It would have been considered extremely racist then.

I don't know much about Northam. Maybe he has changed a lot. Maybe he's no longer incredibly insensitive, privileged, and racist. He certainly was all those things in 1984.

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"Dumb." "Wrong." "Stupid." "One silly thing." "Years ago." "Whomst among us." [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 OP

Yep. TDale313 Feb 2019 #1

Yes, racist. AND dumb, stupid, foolish, etc. But yes, also YEARS ago. MANY years ago. So it LBM20 Feb 2019 #2

yes indeed. n/t snpsmom Feb 2019 #3

Totally agree. Were he standing next to the blackface or jrthin Feb 2019 #4

This was last week irisblue Feb 2019 #5

I agree that it was racist. BlueStater Feb 2019 #6

I don't think anyone isn't acknowledging it was racist uponit7771 Feb 2019 #7

His 'reason' was awful....I mean really. He should of come fully clean - repent...go into it a UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #8

I'm about the same age as Northam. yardwork Feb 2019 #9

Well, he voted for Bush and Cheney twice so I'd say he hasn't changed much. jalan48 Feb 2019 #10

Well ffs. yardwork Feb 2019 #11

By all accounts he really is a good man underpants Feb 2019 #12

I knew that in 2nd grade and I'm 64. akraven Feb 2019 #13