{"id":22098,"date":"2019-02-04T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=22098"},"modified":"2019-02-06T21:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T02:41:34","slug":"was-there-a-big-sale-on-blackface-and-kkk-costumes-that-i-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/04\/was-there-a-big-sale-on-blackface-and-kkk-costumes-that-i-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Was there a big sale on blackface and KKK costumes that I missed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Virginia governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_Northam\">Ralph Northam<\/a>, is in the news for a 1980s photo featuring blackface and KKK costumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My question today for readers: Have you ever personally attended an event in which people dressed up either in blackface or in a KKK outfit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personal answer: No! And I don&#8217;t think it is because I have been associating only with the most sensitive Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was there a wave of popularity for either blackface or KKK costumes at some point that I completely missed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/justin-fairfax-denies-sexual-assault-allegation_us_5c585554e4b00187b5534dd0\">&#8220;Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Denies Sexual Assault Allegation&#8221;<\/a> (HuffPost): the potential replacement government says #DontBelieveWomen<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_History_Month\">Black History Month<\/a> (February)<\/li><li>&#8220;When we said more black faces in government, we should have been specific.&#8221; (meme)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/06\/us\/politics\/virginia-blackface-mark-herring.html\">&#8220;Second Virginia Democrat Says He Wore Blackface, Throwing Party Into Turmoil&#8221;<\/a> (nytimes): &#8220;The third-ranking elected official in Virginia, Attorney General Mark R. Herring, acknowledged Wednesday that he had worn blackface at a party as an undergraduate student, deepening a crisis that has engulfed the state\u2019s Democratic leadership. Then, just two hours later, a woman came forward to describe in detail her accusation that Lt. Gov. Justin E. 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