Posted on 02/28/2019 3:40:45 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
Virginia first lady Pam Northam apologized Wednesday after she handed out cotton to black children during a recent tour of the governor's mansion, the latest racial controversy involving the top levels of state government.
Northam handed out the cotton while showing students an adjacent cottage to the residence that had once served as a kitchen, asking them to imagine picking the crop as enslaved Africans.
"I regret that I have upset anyone," Northam said. "I am still committed to chronicling the important history of the Historic Kitchen, and will continue to engage historians and experts on the best way to do so in the future."
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The Burbury clothing brand was told to stop selling a dress with a neck in the shape of a noose at the bossom level because people in England said it promotes suicide....
So, there you go , leftists in Europe have a different excuse... hence this is total rehtorical pretext and political excuse
That's exactly what she did.
Would she be wrong by offering fried chicken and watermelon for lunch
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