Northam is not flawless but he may well force Americans to answer a very important question

[malaise]

Why doesn't all of America celebrate Emancipation Day/Juneteenth

[JI7]

1. Nobody is flawless. But everyone can learn, recognize their mistakes and wrongs

and work for something better.

[malaise]

3. His willingness to address his own insensitivity in a meaningful way

is refreshing

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Because it's not something that has been very much in the public consciousness.

I did not know about it until well into adulthood. I'd be hard pressed to tell you when I first heard about it. Perhaps twenty years ago. I have never lived in a state where getting the news of the Emancipation was a big deal to the locals who it affected.

I have always known about the Emancipation Proclamation, and was more or less taught it school that it freed the slaves and wasn't that just wonderful! I understand now a lot more of the nuances of what was involved, what went on.

[malaise]

4. And where are the fucking educators - the political scientists, sociologists and historians in

the Ivy League colleges have failed big time- institutional racism is everywhere - it is so normal - so accepted.
The media are also responsible

[2naSalit]

6. Nobody wants to listen to us.

I ask this question every time we go to war: Where are the social scientists? Why are we having this cultural dispute with whomever it is we are going to kill? Is it just a cultural misunderstanding? But nobody who is marching to war wants to think about those things.

[malaise]

7. Our universities have been bought out

A real clean up is needed.

[2naSalit]

8. quite a few are still there who do speak

but if a social scientist speaks out into a void, will anyone listen? The problem is not making their voices heard or making it possible for them to be heard.

[Nature Man]

5. I think because it was regional to Texas?

and racism?

[Demsrule86]

9. Northam has been a terrific governor and in my opinion...ancient history be damned.

We could have lost the entire state...with the attacks on Northam and others.

[malaise]

10. I remember well

Dems learned a lot for that one