Gee: Virginia Governor Northam has all sides agreeing on racism
Feb 5, 2019, 6:58 AM | Updated: 7:00 am

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The Governor Ralph Northam got me thinking: I can鈥檛 remember the last time that all sides of politics agreed on racism. I thought I would see responses like these:
- “That was over 30 years ago”
- “When did blackface become unacceptable?”
- “That鈥檚 not who he is today”
- “He loves the black community”
Nope, everyone called for the governor to resign. That鈥檚 great! Wait, is this the beginning? Is it now time to denounce racism from all sides of politics?
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The Republican side of did a great job over the weekend in calling out Governor Northam. I just hope it wasn鈥檛 because he was a Democrat, and that it was that they believe that racism is no longer tolerated.
That’s why I鈥檓 looking forward to hearing what Congress members or has to say about all of this.
I saw a comment on social media where someone said, 鈥淣ow that鈥檚 really racist and he must resign.鈥
Are there levels to racism? Is there 鈥渞eally racist鈥 or 鈥渒ind of racist鈥? Is that like, 鈥渞eally pregnant鈥 or 鈥渒ind of pregnant鈥?
Governor Northam had an opportunity to make this a teachable moment. At his press conference, he could have used that time to take accountability for his actions, denounce racism, and ask for all of us to be better people.
Instead, Governor Northam , one that is even more damaging to this country. Today, we have so many adults that lie while thinking that we can鈥檛 see through the deceit.
So I鈥檒l leave you with this: I have friends on the Right that aren鈥檛 racist, and I know people on the Left that don鈥檛 think that they are.
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Just because someone is on a certain side of politics, doesn鈥檛 mean that they are or aren鈥檛 racist. Racism lives on all sides of politics, and it needs to be denounced from all sides.