Two responses to the Ralph Northam controversy
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 5 February 2019
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Racial prejudice continues to make the news each day. Today's podcast invites us to take two steps toward the truth and justice God desires for our nation. For more news discerned differently, or to receive the Daily Article via email, please visit denisonforum.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Two responses to the Ralph Northam controversy. This is Jim Denison's daily article for Tuesday, February 5th, 2019. |
| 0:08.0 | Ralph Northam served eight years as a United States Army medical officer, then became a pediatric neurologist. |
| 0:14.6 | He served in Virginia State Senate and as lieutenant governor before becoming governor earlier this year. |
| 0:20.3 | On January 30th, the governor |
| 0:21.8 | voiced his support for legislation that would allow abortion until the point of birth. |
| 0:26.9 | Senator Ben Sass, a Republican from Nebraska, spoke for many when he responded. In just a few years, |
| 0:32.8 | pro-abortion zealots went from safe, legal, and rare to keep the newborns comfortable while the doctor |
| 0:38.8 | debates infanticide. Then came the yearbook controversy. On February 1st, images from Northam's |
| 0:45.2 | medical school yearbook were published. On his page in the yearbook, they picture an unidentified |
| 0:49.9 | person in blackface, and another in a Ku Klux Klan hood. After admitting that he was one of the |
| 0:55.4 | figures in the photo and apologizing, Northam later denied that he was in the picture. However, |
| 1:00.5 | he admitted to wearing blackface for a Michael Jackson dance contest around the same time |
| 1:04.3 | the photo was taken. Pressure to resign has been escalating since the yearbook picture was published. |
| 1:10.5 | Harvard's James |
| 1:11.2 | Heron perceptively defines racism as, a lens through which people interpret, naturalize, |
| 1:16.4 | and reproduce inequality. Since 64% of Americans say racism remains a major problem in this country, |
| 1:23.0 | we should not be surprised that such prejudice makes the news daily. One response is African American History |
| 1:28.3 | Month, which is observed each February. Its purpose is to pay tribute to the generations of |
| 1:34.1 | African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. |
| 1:40.0 | This emphasis began in 1926 as Negro History Week. The second week in February was chosen because it coincides with the birth of Abraham |
| 1:47.6 | Lincoln on February 12th and Frederick Douglass on February 14th. |
| 1:51.6 | Its focus was on encouraging the teaching of the history of African Americans in the nation's |
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