WaPo, Gov. Ralph Northam (VA-D) Yearbook Controversy, Apology, What's Next?

- "Gov. Ralph Northam Is 'Deeply Sorry' After Photos Emerged From His 1984 Yearbook Showing Blackface, KKK Hood." Washington Post, 6:27 PM, Feb. 1, 2019. EXCERPTS:

RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Friday acknowledged appearing in a “clearly racist and offensive” photograph in his 1984 medical school yearbook that shows a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

“I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now,” he said. “This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service. But I want to be clear, I understand how this decision shakes Virginians’ faith in that commitment.”

Northam, 59, did not say if he was the man dressed in blackface or Klan robes. The Republican party immediately called on him to resign, but the governor’s statement indicated that he would continue his work.

The image is in a 1984 yearbook from Eastern Virginia Medical School on a page with other photos of Northam and personal information about the future governor.

...In his statement, Northam said that he recognized “that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage this conduct has caused. I am ready to do that important work. The first step is to offer my sincerest apology and to state my absolute commitment to living up to the expectations Virginians set for me when they elected me to be their Governor.”

> Much more info. in the FULL ARTICLE, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/va-gov-northams-medical-school-yearbook-page-shows-men-in-blackface-kkk-robe/2019/02/01/517a43ee-265f-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html?utm_term=.8f4ab7847d24

>More: Wash. Post, "What Could Happen Next," 30 mins. ago,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/02/gov-ralph-northams-political-career-is-suddenly-shaky-heres-what-could-happen-next/?utm_term=.60498802e5ab