Posted on 02/06/2019 9:20:23 AM PST by conservative98
Richmond, Virginia (CNN) Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring admitted Wednesday that he appeared in blackface at a 1980 party, further plunging Richmond into chaos as Democrats here struggle to overcome a trio of scandals rocking their three top statewide elected officials.
Herring said Wednesday that he wore blackface as a 19-year-old to dress up as a rapper at a party.
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Ha, ha.
I hate to defend Democrats, but judging student behavior that happened 30+ years ago by today’s standards is absurd. Of course, if it was a Republican, there would be zero fairness.
So what. My husband went to a halloween party in the eighties
as Fred Sanford from Sanford and Sons and it was funny as heck. Nothing to do with being racist just a costume party.
Dressed as a rapper? In 1980? Rap hadn’t really become popular yet at that point, by my recollection.
The News Media is HELL bent to keep up the discourse on the black face to detract from Northam’s faux pas on murdering children.
I was of a similar mind years ago, but I now confess to more than a little schadenfreude; what the Lefties have created is now eating them alive.
Are there ANY Virginia Democrats who haven’t worn Black Face!?
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Bingo.
1980 was even before Run-DMC:
His “rapper” claim is nearly impossible.
Maybe he was a Sugar Hill Gang fan.
Rappers Delight went on to reach the top 40 billboard charts in 1980.
I agree with what you say. However, media may have stepped in it this time. My understanding is next in line for Governorship is a Republican. That is, if AG Herring gets tossed. And how can he not get tossed when only 3 days ago he called on Gov. Northam to step down for posing in blackface?
What if I wore a straw sombrero to a Taco Party?Would I still be eligible to abort a baby at birth?
Coal miners...
The first commercially successful song credited as RAP was performed by Debbie Harry and Blondie. It was titled Rapture. That was January 1981
“Dressed as a rapper? In 1980? Rap hadn’t really become popular yet at that point, by my recollection”
It was street “art” at best. You are correct. Recorded rap music was still a few years away, let alone popular.
Yup. Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar eats you
The Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 song “Rapper’s Delight” is widely regarded to be the
first hip hop record to gain widespread popularity in the mainstream.[17] The
1980s marked the diversification of hip hop as the genre developed more complex
styles.[18] Prior to the 1980s, hip hop music was largely confined within the
United States. However, during the 1980s, it began to spread to music scenes in
dozens of countries, many of which mixed hip hop with local styles to create new subgenres.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music
Good point. My first exposure to Rap was around ‘84 or ‘85 with the video of Aerosmith and Run DMC doing Walk This Way.
And then there’s this history nugget:
“The 1970s allowed all the DJs to flourish, including other Bronx-based legends like Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. And although throughout the ’70s, the DJ was the dominant force, the MC also rose to prominence. Kurtis Blow was the first rapper signed to Mercury Records in 1979. The Fatback Band and Sugar Hill Gang released mainstream records, hitting the Billboard Top 40 in the following year. These records were mostly MC-driven because the most famous DJs of the time were uninterested in recording their music, preferring to gain notoriety through their parties.”
http://www.fouroverfour.jukely.com/culture/history-of-rap-hip-hop/
Rap was in its infancy around in 1980.
That was still prior to MTV and I doubt any middle class 19/yo white frat boy was listening to, or even knew what RAP music was in 1980
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