Northam opponents will not like this New York Times article

[Scruffy1]

92. My feelings exactly.

Politics in America has become a media feeding frenzy. I think this issue has been largely blown out of proportion because it's been a slow news month. So a sitting governor did something of questionable taste many years ago while in college. Big deal. My own father played occasionally as a back up catcher in the Negro League even though he wasn't African American. The teams didn't carry a back up catcher and he would sometimes be called to fill in if the catcher on either team was injured. He had been coached and mentored by Negro League players since he was boy. He told me he put a little burnt cork on his face and pulled on his mask. This doesn't make a man who fought racism and bigotry his whole life a racist. I also believe that none of us are entirely free from racism. It's part of our culture and unavoidable. We don't deal with this by pretending we are perfect but by self examination and trying to do better. I am not a perfect person and don't expect that of other people including politicians.