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the year before, the nation and virginia had gone through a debate over making martin luther king s birthday a national holiday. virginia actually resisted. and the idea both of using black face was not widely accepted. it was controversial when it came up in the 80s. and certainly having a photo of that and someone in a kkk costume, whoever it is, whoever is in the photo, to have that on a yearbook page of yours with your name was not the normal thing to do in the 1980s and 1984. so this was controversial then and 2019 of a state that just went through charlottesville, this is traumatic today. there is no excuse of having that photo on your page, whoever you are, and the photo is now
toy admitt some questionable decisions in the past, but putting his foot down and insisting when it comes to that picture from 1984, it s not him. when i was confronted with the images yesterday, i was appalled that they appeared on my page, but i believe then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. i stand by my statement of apology to the many virginiaens who were hurt by seeing this content on a yearbook page that belongs to me. it is disgusting. it is offensive, it is racist, and it was my responsibility to recognize and prevent it from being published in the first place. my belief that i did not wear that costume or attend that party stems in part from my clear memory of other mistakes i made in the same period of my
earn back the trust of virginiaens and move forward. today, i am not ready to ask virginians to grant forgiveness for my past actions. i also do not fully expect they will believe my account of these events. when i was confronted with the images yesterday, i was appalled that they appeared on my page, but i believe then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. i stand by my statement of apology to the many virginians who were hurt by seeing this content on a yearbook page that belongs to me. it is disgusting. it is offensive. it is racist and it was my responsibility to recognize and prevent it from being published in the first place. my belief that i did not wear that costume or attend that
earn back the trust of virginians and move forward. today i am not ready to ask virginians to grant me their forgiveness to my past actions. i also do not fully expect they will believe my account of these events. when i was confronted with the images yesterday, i was appalled that they appeared on my page, but i believed then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. i stand by my statement of apology to the many virginians who were hurt by seeing this content on a yearbook page that belongs to me. it is disgusting. it is offensive. it is racist. it was my responsibility to recognize and prevent it from being published in the first place. my belief that i did not wear that costume or attend that