(Steve Helber/AP)When blackface scandals and sexual assault allegations engulfed Virginia’s top three elected officials last month, many worried the state might lose business or economic development opportunities and that the incidents would hurt efforts to recruit workers and students. Ralph Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook surfaced showing one person in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe. Angel Cabrera, president of George Mason University in Fairfax County, used the blackface scandals as a teaching tool. State business leaders said they worried the scandals would paralyze government during Virginia’s short General Assembly session, which ended Feb. 24. An Amazon executive recently did not respond directly to a reporter’s questions about the Richmond scandals.

Source: Washington Post March 03, 2019 22:22 UTC