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In reply to the discussion: Gov. Ralph Northam Calls Slaves 'Indentured Servants' In Interview, Gets Corrected [View all]Yosemito
(648 posts)3. Northam doesn't take orders from DUers
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Gov. Ralph Northam Calls Slaves 'Indentured Servants' In Interview, Gets Corrected [View all]
marble falls
Feb 2019
OP
That was an aberation that was corrected tout suite and not in the "indenture slaves" interest ...
marble falls
Feb 2019
#17
Oh God. I voted for him. Is it too much to ask for those we elect to at least have common sense.
rusty quoin
Feb 2019
#2
Yes, this reference made perfect sense as part of a conversation about his use of blackface
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#50
What do indentured servants have to do with blackface and the KKK, the topic he was discussing?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#51
You had forward thinking teachers. My teachers were good, but played things close to the vest.
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#65
He may have been technically accurate in saying some Africans were indentured servants
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#52
It's difficult to reconcile his attending desegregated schools with black students and the racist
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#66
Thats the way its supposed to be: You repent, you atone, you go and sin no more.
marble falls
Feb 2019
#28
What he doesn't realize about those 1619 "indentured" slaves is that they were brought in ...
marble falls
Feb 2019
#58
I think he believes his less than facile tongue will somehow talk all this away. Instead ...
marble falls
Feb 2019
#59