[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]

Good points