Virginia blackface scandals a reminder of racist practice and its traumatic effect on African-Americans

Alex Edelman/Getty Images(RICHMOND, Va.) —  A dusty old yearbook on somebody’s shelf meant nothing until a racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s page was found — and the impact has been devastating. The state’s attorney general called on Northam to resign, only to later admit that he, too, had worn “brown makeup” to imitate …

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