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[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/02/us/racist-origins-of-blackface by Harmeet Kaur 7/2/19 CNN] | [https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/02/us/racist-origins-of-blackface by Harmeet Kaur 7/2/19 CNN] | ||
Among the recent controversies to erupt over blackface is a photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s personal page in his medical school yearbook. It depicts one person in blackface and another dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. After initially apologizing for appearing in the photo, the Democratic governor now says he is neither the person in blackface nor the person dressed as a Klansman. | Among the recent controversies to erupt over blackface is a photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s personal page in his medical school yearbook. It depicts one person in blackface and another dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan. After initially apologizing for appearing in the photo, the Democratic governor now says he is neither the person in blackface nor the person dressed as a Klansman. | ||
=====How The Battle Against D.C. Statehood Is Rooted In Racism===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2021/04/24/990544576/how-the-battle-against-d-c-statehood-is-rooted-in-racism by All Things Considered 24/4/21 npr] | |||
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would eventually, if approved by the Senate and signed by the president, make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. That vote was along party lines, with Republicans insisting that the move is merely a power grab by Democrats to enlarge their numbers in the Congress, particularly the Senate. | |||
