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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Is there a test for racism? Who is the judge of racism? Should doctors, police, and teachers take some sort of a test to see if they are racist? I think we go down a huge rabbit hole when we start judging people, especially based on what they did 35 years ago.

Northam has done a lot of good in his life as evidenced by his military service, career as a doctor, and in political life so far. Judging him based on a picture from long ago seems a bit too far to me. I live in Virginia and I don't want this decision to be made in haste. Al Franken should not have been forced out either. 
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I really don't like all this calling people "racists."  No question--blackface is a racist action, though.  I didn't like on the talk shows today how so many were calling him an out and out racist--except for the fact that Northam, himself, tweeted during his campaign that Gillespie is a racist--which I do not believe to be true.

I guess I don't like calling children "bad."  I taught school and would tell kids when they did something bad--but I never called a child "bad."  I apply the same thing here.

And, yes, I do know that some people are racist--but this is being used far too often and takes away from the accusation when it is used so readily.

And, frankly, i do not believe that Trump is a racist--I believe that he is an Equal Opportunity Offender.[/quote]

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