Virginia Governor Not Alone

 Yes it has been a long time.  This has nothing to do with football, or sports, or motherhood, for that matter.  Ironically it is Super Bowl Sunday, but.  there are plenty of people talking about that today.  Plenty of people talking about this as well - and it is not my intention to delve into the world of politics, but this is bugging me.

We are watching the unfolding of the incredible story about the Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, and this photo - yes, the photo of one person dressed as a black man and another person in  a KKK outfit.  Disturbing to say the least.  The governor is now claiming he does not believe he is either of the people in this photo.  This may go on for days.  The year is 1984 and the photo was published in the medical school yearbook of the Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Everyone is missing the bigger issue here.  It is bad enough two individuals thought it funny or appropriate to dress like this in 1984 - let's say that again - 1984.  Not 1904, and it still would be
horrific then.  But the more disturbing fact here is that a) Seemingly Northam offered this photo (according to reports, each student selected his or her own photos for their yearbook page) to the yearbook staff, and all of those people failed to find it offensive.  Instead they must have thought it  funny or something other than racist and horrifying.  This is how we want the Eastern Virginia Medical School to be remembered.    Strike one.  b)  Someone on faculty probably had to have reviewed the proposed yearbook, and again, failed to call this out as a completely inappropriate and "what the hell are you medical students thinking???" photo.   Strike two.  c) Finally, the publisher of the yearbook failed to call the school and say, "what the hell is wrong with you??  We are not printing this."  Strike three.

This offensive moment was missed over and over and over by so many people.   And now, the media is missing the same thing.  I wonder why that may be?