Northam College Photo Shows Man in Same Plaid Pants as the Blackface-KKK Yearbook Photo

Gateway Pundit ^ | February 3, 2019 | Jim Hoft

[Pelham]

Now this…

Photos of Northam at medical school show him standing with a man in the same plaid pants as the KKK-blackface photo.

Here is a Northam friend in the plaid pants in a regular college shot — And then in the blackface shot.

The pants were featured in another Northam college shot.

Ralph Northam is on the left.

But the man on the right is wearing the same plaid pants as the blackfaced fellow in the yearbook.

"Keith Matthews is the plaid pants. Northam is taller than him. He can't be the KKK guy. Whatever. I just roll with it. Drama for them is fine by me."

[dead]

One day he talks about killing new born babies and everybody yawns, the next day a 30 year old picture of him being a racist jackass emerges and the world loses their minds.

Seems the nation's priorities are askew.

[Steven W.]

Northam aka “coonman” is under the hood just like Robert Byrd Northam family has history of slave ownership.

[Tired of Taxes]

Could this be the guy in the plaid pants?

[Steve_Seattle]

My take on this is that Northam apparently belonged to some sort of interracial club, as evidenced by the two black men in the photo, which undermines the claim that he's some sort of racist. Hence, the alleged "racist" blackface photo probably has some benign interpretation, i.e., it was some sort of ill-advised spoof, not an attempt to mock black people.

Having said that, Northam's racist smear ads against Gillespie were some of the most repugnant political ads I've ever seen, his views on abortion are barbaric, and Northam fully deserves the mess he's gotten into.

[Electric Graffiti]

A lot of twitter posters came to that same conclusion last night. That little guy wearing those plaid pants, however, is the exact same height and build as the guy in the KKK costume.(5’6” or so) assuming northman in blackface(he’s 5’11”—?)

[Starstruck]

The pic barely shows their feet- what do you think Northam is standing on other than the pavement?

Maybe the running board of that 50's car?

[Electric Graffiti]

“but like Liz says, why would anyone at the school choose a photo of two unrelated people in a racist pic (it would have been considered so back in the 80s, even if it was funny, that is the dark humor of it) to place on that person’s yearbook page?”

Good point. Occam’s razor. They wouldn’t.

[SunkenCiv]

"Keith Matthews is the plaid pants. Northam is taller than him. He can't be the KKK guy. Whatever. I just roll with it. Drama for them is fine by me."

Yeah, he probably had the nickname "Coon Man" by coincidence. :^) But seriously, thanks for the update. His LG is black, that's the reason for this outbreak of sham indignance. The guvnah's abortion remarks were more offensive than anything in recent memory, but notice how the Partisan Media Shills act as if those never happened.

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[Electric Graffiti]

Good points

[Bulwinkle]

Not the same plaid pants!

The light vertical and dark vertical strips in the year book are the same width.

In the other phone the dark vertical strip is wider than the light viertical.

No the same pants!

[CivilWarBrewing]

So there’s only ONE pair of plaid pants in the entire world? They must be quite valuable!

[tcrlaf]

Northam is a Billionaire-chosen Democrat. Therefore, any criticism of him is OBVIOUSLY based in racism.

[GOPJ]

What’s odd is NONE of the Sunday Morning Talk Shows mentioned Northam was called “coonman”. Chuck Todd AND Chris Wallace left that little tidbit off their shows.

[o-n-money]

Those are the pants you used to get with a full tank.

[freeandfreezing]

Sometimes the writers at Gateway Pundit are sloppy. The photo of club members standing in front of a car appears to be from an earlier yearbook - like high-school or college - not medical school.

Of course the appearance of a similarly ugly pair of pants is interesting. It could mean Northam went out on Halloween with an old friend of his, and it is Northam in the KKK costume, or it could mean that Northam borrowed the pants from his friend for his costume.

[Right Wing Assault]

Seeing those pics, I tend to think Northam is either in the famous pic, but why did he say, at first, that he was in that picture? Maybe there were other times when they played KKK, but the pics, if any, didn't show up.

[fruser1]

Doesn’t change the fact that Coonman said he did blackface for a michael jackson contest.

What matters, the photo or doing blackface?

[fruser1]

“innocent”

He admitted to doing blackface on another occasion.

Until the dems stop libeling the US as a racist country and falsely accusing their enemies as racist because of disagreement, I’m happy to see their own weapons turned against them.

Northam took advantage of that type of BS by campaigning on ending racism and hatred in Virginia (because his opponent sided with Trump).

Maybe when enough of their own get taken out, they’ll stop the BS and we can finally put the race-card to bed.

[GOPJ]

It tells me some lazy journalist needs to get off his butt and go interview the guy in the plaid pants... He's obviously a friend of Notham’s... AND his face is uncovered...

[3RIVRS]

Does anyone really expect him to get involved in this?