When Saying “I’m Sorry” Isn’t Enough
White privilege means never being sorry enough to be sorry
The shit storm that’s leaving the state of Virginia in shambles is just another indicator of how Trump’s toxic administration that’s riddled with hate-filled rhetoric, that has resulted in the ongoing national emergency of domestic terrorism, has helped to normalize the evils of overt bigotry to the point of unreason.
Consider how the embattled Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam initially responded to the unfolding crisis, once it was evident that his blemished past as either a KKK empathizer or a blackface loyalist, was going to possibly cost him everything.
The televised apology was rushed and messy, but then the revised edition was even more damning, when he was forced to admit that even though he was pretty sure he wasn’t featured in the appallingly offensive yearbook photo, he was guilty of once using shoe polish to darken his face when he made the fateful decision to pay homage to Michael Jackson.
When a reporter randomly asked Northam to prove his “Moonwalking” skills, he was ready to oblige until his wife nudged him back to his senses.
After that pathetically dismal outing, there were the periodic updates from the Governor’s bunker, that emphasized Northam’s emphatic denial…
