Turns out, Ralph Northam is quite adept as dressing in blackface. While he all of a sudden denies being in the 1984 photo from medical school as either blackface or KKK, Northam did admit to dressing in black to go as Michael Jackson to a dance contest. But somehow, no one has photos of that. This was also during the 1980’s. Northam said he used show polish to darken his skin. Funny, out here when people liked Michael Jackson in the 1980’s, no one darkened their face. I remember a lot of people wearing the Michael Jackson jacket with the pockets, but no one darkend their faces.
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. @RalphNortham admits he once "darkened" his face as part of a Michael Jackson costume.
"It is because my memory of that episode is so vivid that I truly do not believe I am in the picture in my yearbook. You remember these things." pic.twitter.com/dpuCanFIkF
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 2, 2019
Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) says he won the moonwalking dance contest when he blackened his face to pretend to be Michael Jackson.
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) February 2, 2019
.@RalphNortham admits he wore blackface in a Michael Jackson contest in the same era as photo depicted in yearbook.
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) February 2, 2019
Ralph Northam maintains that he was not in the photo. But offers that he did dress up in blackface, as Michael Jackson, during an event in San Antonio around that time period.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) February 2, 2019
"There are actions and behaviors in my past that were hurtful."
VA Governor Ralph Northam admits he darkened his face for a Michael Jackson performance, but says racist photo depicted on yearbook page is not him. @fox5dc pic.twitter.com/zcXMAQ9Y7M
— Cori Coffin (@CoriC_FOX5DC) February 2, 2019