Va. Gov. Northam�s medical school yearbook page shows men in blackface, KKK robe

[rogue06]

Megyn Kelly wasn't actually defending blackface, she just said that wearing blackface to dress up as a certain character for Halloween was considered acceptable when she was a kid, but she never suggested it was acceptable now. Of course NBC was so desperate to get rid of her because of her terrible ratings that they blew her remarks out of proportion and used it as an excuse to fire her.

But now that they set that standard only a few months ago (whether it was used as an excuse or not), how can they now allow Joyless Behar to continue co-hosting The View? After all, she wore blackface and boasted about it (calling herself "cute") whereas Kelly only talked about it.

[firstfloor]

Fancy dress like that is used ironically. It is nothing to be alarmed about.

[Mountain Man]

But now that they set that standard only a few months ago (whether it was used as an excuse or not), how can they now allow Joyless Behar to continue co-hosting The View? After all, she wore blackface and boasted about it (calling herself "cute") whereas Kelly only talked about it.

"Rules for thee but not for me."

[rogue06]

Fancy dress like that is used ironically. It is nothing to be alarmed about.

Yet the left has jumped all over Northram for it. Megyn Kelly was fired for "defending" it.

[seer]

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax faces second sexual assault allegation

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/polit...ser/index.html

[Mountain Man]

And now a Democrat is claiming that Northam's refusal to resign is somehow Trump's fault!

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...rumps-bigotry/

[seer]

And now a Democrat is claiming that Northam's refusal to resign is somehow Trump's fault!

But that goes without saying...

[Cow Poke]

And now a Democrat is claiming that Northam's refusal to resign is somehow Trump's fault!

What thing that triggers the lefties isn't?

[Mountain Man]

So this happened on the CBS program "Face the Nation":

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019...s-from-africa/

[One Bad Pig]

So this happened on the CBS program "Face the Nation":

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019...s-from-africa/

How did this clown get elected? Oh, yeah, by painting his opponent as racist.

[Bill the Cat]

So this happened on the CBS program "Face the Nation":

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019...s-from-africa/

Well, no. It WAS NOT slavery.

Though the history of blacks in Virginia begins in 1619, the transition of status from indentured servant to lifelong slave was a gradual process. Some historians believe that some of the first blacks who arrived in Virginia were already slaves, while others say they were taken into the colony as indentured servants. Historians generally believe slavery in the English colonies in North America did not begin as an institution until the 1660s

[One Bad Pig]

Well, no. It WAS NOT slavery.

Though the history of blacks in Virginia begins in 1619, the transition of status from indentured servant to lifelong slave was a gradual process. Some historians believe that some of the first blacks who arrived in Virginia were already slaves, while others say they were taken into the colony as indentured servants. Historians generally believe slavery in the English colonies in North America did not begin as an institution until the 1660s

First you say it was not slavery, then you say that some historians believe that it was. In my understanding, slavery in the New World started with the indigenous population, and only shifted to blacks as the native population became too low to sustain the needed work. I am unclear on how blacks could have become indentured servants; could you point me toward some relevant primary or secondary sources?

[firstfloor]

[Bill the Cat]

First you say it was not slavery, then you say that some historians believe that it was. In my understanding, slavery in the New World started with the indigenous population, and only shifted to blacks as the native population became too low to sustain the needed work. I am unclear on how blacks could have become indentured servants; could you point me toward some relevant primary or secondary sources?

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetect...nts-in-the-us/

https://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/timeline/slavery.htm

1640 July 9
When three runaway indentured servants were captured, the General Court of Colonial Virginia gave the white servants additional years to serve while John Punch, a black man, was sentenced to servitude for life. Punch was the first African in Virginia to be enslaved for life.
1641
Massachusetts became the first North American colony to recognize slavery

From what my daughter says she was taught in her Uni class on Colonial slavery and indentured servitude, some historians see no difference between the two given the nature of indentured servitude and the legal punishments for escaping before the debt was paid. Others see the difference as the ability to earn one's freedom versus lifetime mandated servitude.

[One Bad Pig]

That's helpful. Thanks!