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WhiskeyGrinder

(22,386 posts)
2. He says he won't excuse the photo, but says he saw it yesterday for the first time.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 03:42 PM
Feb 2019

Says he didn't purchase yearbook and that was the first time he saw it, and says he believes he's not in the photo.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,386 posts)
3. He says his apology stands, and that it was his responsibility to be aware of what photos were there
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 03:43 PM
Feb 2019

and that he had submitted the other photos.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,386 posts)
4. Says he's not surprised that a photo like that appeared in the yearbook, as such things were
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 03:44 PM
Feb 2019

"commonplace." He acknowledges that he made other mistakes in that same period of his life, such as a dance contest in San Antonio and wore blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume. And because he remembers that, he says that's why he's sure he's not in that photo.

WELP.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,386 posts)
5. He says resigning would take away the opportunity to have a difficult discussion and the chance to
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 03:47 PM
Feb 2019

prove how he's changed.

padah513

(2,504 posts)
10. I'm not buying any of it
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 04:03 PM
Feb 2019

Entering a Michael Jackson contest in blackface and glad because he won. Put the shovel down man!

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