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Virginia attorney general admits to wearing blackface at 1980 college party
CNN ^ | Updated 12:05 PM EST, Wed February 06, 2019 | Dan Merica, CNN

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: blackface; blackfacemetoo; eggonface; herring; kurtisblow; markherring; northam; virginia
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1 posted on 02/06/2019 9:20:23 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Ha, ha.


2 posted on 02/06/2019 9:24:06 AM PST by BushCountry (thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
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To: conservative98

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.


3 posted on 02/06/2019 9:25:02 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: conservative98

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.


4 posted on 02/06/2019 9:25:37 AM PST by funfan
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To: conservative98

Dressed as a rapper? In 1980? Rap hadn’t really become popular yet at that point, by my recollection.


5 posted on 02/06/2019 9:26:39 AM PST by sam_whiskey (Peace through Strength.)
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To: conservative98

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.


6 posted on 02/06/2019 9:27:11 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: rbg81

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.


7 posted on 02/06/2019 9:28:54 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: conservative98

Are there ANY Virginia Democrats who haven’t worn Black Face!?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


8 posted on 02/06/2019 9:29:11 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: sam_whiskey

Bingo.


9 posted on 02/06/2019 9:29:21 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: conservative98

1980 was even before Run-DMC:

His “rapper” claim is nearly impossible.


10 posted on 02/06/2019 9:29:36 AM PST by gaijin
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To: sam_whiskey

Maybe he was a Sugar Hill Gang fan.

Rappers Delight went on to reach the top 40 billboard charts in 1980.


11 posted on 02/06/2019 9:30:55 AM PST by conservative98
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To: rockinqsranch

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?


12 posted on 02/06/2019 9:31:30 AM PST by donozark (There are no flamingos in Venezuela.)
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To: gaijin

What if I wore a straw sombrero to a Taco Party?Would I still be eligible to abort a baby at birth?


13 posted on 02/06/2019 9:31:44 AM PST by szweig (HYHEY!! (Have You Had Enough Yet))
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To: LeonardFMason

Coal miners...


14 posted on 02/06/2019 9:34:28 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: sam_whiskey

The first commercially successful song credited as RAP was performed by Debbie Harry and Blondie. It was titled Rapture. That was January 1981


15 posted on 02/06/2019 9:34:52 AM PST by shotgun
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To: sam_whiskey

“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.


16 posted on 02/06/2019 9:34:58 AM PST by DAC21
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To: ManHunter

Yup. Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar eats you


17 posted on 02/06/2019 9:36:48 AM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: sam_whiskey

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


18 posted on 02/06/2019 9:37:16 AM PST by deport
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To: sam_whiskey

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.


19 posted on 02/06/2019 9:37:31 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: conservative98

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


20 posted on 02/06/2019 9:37:38 AM PST by shotgun
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