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Governor in blackface scandal names new diversity director

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Gov. Ralph Northam announced at a Capitol news conference that he had hired Janice Underwood as Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Underwood, a former director of diversity initiatives at Old Dominion University, said one of the things that drew her to the new job was Northam's commitment

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia governor who narrowly survived a blackface scandal earlier this year appointed a new top aide Monday whose job will be to make government more inclusive.

The announcement was the latest in a long string of actions Northam has taken to improve race relations in recent months as he works to repair his image. "He hasn't always gotten it right, but what I respect the most is that he's willing to learn and do the work," Underwood said. The photo showed a person wearing blackface next to another person in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe. Northam initially said he was in the photo, and then denied it the next day, while acknowledging that he did wear blackface to a dance party that same year.

 

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