Opinion: Ralph Northam still hasn’t explained the racist yearbook photo
By Editorial Board April 3 at 7:46 PM HAVING BUMBLED his way through a racial scandal mainly of his own creation, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam promised in February to elevate racial equity to the top of his agenda. Two months later, he has undertaken some deeds and made some gestures to fulfill that goal, all of them subverted by an unanswered question: If, as Mr.
Separately, the governor’s alma mater, Eastern Virginia Medical School, commissioned an external investigation led by Richard Cullen, a pillar of Richmond’s legal community. Results of that investigation, whose focus is believed to include the genesis of the notorious photo, are expected relatively soon.
The governor, having served in the state legislature and as lieutenant governor, entered his current office with a reputation as close to unblemished as most politicians could hope for. Yet after a successful first year — he expanded Medicaid coverage and landed Amazon’s second headquarters — he laid waste to his image by admitting, then denying, being the yearbook figure in blackface — and then confessing to having applied shoe polish to his cheeks as an entrant in a dance contest.
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