Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, is clinging to office amid rising calls from within his own party to resign over a photo of someone in blackface in his 1984 medical school yearbook. Photo: AP
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s blackface scandal lays bare America’s racism problem
- Racist photo stirs calls on Virginia governor to resign
- The incident is the third ‘blackface’ in recent weeks
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Racism and prejudice
Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, is clinging to office amid rising calls from within his own party to resign over a photo of someone in blackface in his 1984 medical school yearbook. Photo: AP