Another development in the Virginia turmoil. The New York Times reports that Thomas K. Norment Jr., Republican majority leader in the Virginia Senate, was an editor on a 1968 college yearbook that included several photographs of students in blackface as well as racist slurs. The story was first reported by a Virginia newspaper. (link below)
Norment was a senior at the all-male Virginia Military Institute and managing editor of the 1968 edition of the Bomb yearbook. He issued a statement saying, "The use of blackface is abhorrent in our society and I emphatically condemn it” and "I cannot endorse or associate myself with every photo, entry, or word on each page.” He said he did not take the photos or appear in them.
So, OK R’s, let’s hear the brushoff that this doesn’t mean anything …
It would be a lot easier for people to quit getting outraged over people dressing in a costume 30+ years ago. People do silly things - are there redemption or forgiveness? Although I think it’s all silly I can kinda of understand people getting outraged of something like that happening a year ago but not the 1980’s let alone the 1960’s.
