In an article printed Monday morning, New York Instances reporter Astead Herndon cheered the political survival of Governor Ralph Northam (D-VA) with a nauseating puff piece, celebrating how he had survived a number of blackface scandals to turn into a “racially progressive governor” due to “a whole story of non-public progress” that confirmed “how a disaster also can present alternative” and provides “new life” to his “political future.”
And in an accompanying interview, Herndon and Northam tag-teamed to mock opposition to important race idea being taught in faculties as “a giant ethical panic” and “canine whistle” that’s “use[d]” by Republicans “to frighten folks.”
Herndon opened with an anecdote of 1 Black Virginia mayor who met Northam after the scandal and gained by asking him, “what can I do for you,” Herndon boasted that, as a substitute of resigning, Northam remained defiant and was rewarded (click on “develop”):
However amongst Black political leaders and elected officers in Virginia, he’s set to go away workplace with one other legacy: changing into essentially the most racially progressive governor within the state’s historical past, whose give attention to uplifting Black communities because the 2019 scandal can have a tangible and lasting impact.
Mr. Northam’s arc, from political pariah denounced by almost each nationwide Democrat to a preferred incumbent with help from Black elected officers and even progressive activists, is a fancy story of non-public progress and political strain, a testomony to how disaster also can present alternative. Nevertheless, it will not have been attainable with out the Black Virginians who rallied round him at the same time as they stared down immense strain to assist drive him from workplace — Black workers members who stayed within the administration, a Legislative Black Caucus that selected to give attention to coverage targets fairly than resignation, and a Black activist neighborhood that rapidly adopted the lawmakers’ strategic lead.
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As a substitute of derision, Mr. Northam and the Black leaders who supported him confirmed the facility of redemption, humility and progress.
So, similar to CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin, former Congresswoman Katie Hill (D-CA), or Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), the left and their media allies don’t truly care about accountability for their very own aspect.
As for the way Northam grew to become woke and memory-holed, Herndon gushed that Northam “that it despatched him on an ongoing private journey of re-educating himself about race, racism, and whiteness” despite the fact that he “reiterated that he doesn’t imagine he was both man within the {photograph}.”
You see, in contrast to any variety of examples (with Chris Harrison being the newest instance), the “expertise…actually opened my eyes” was sufficient for progressives in case you’re the suitable individual.
Herndon conceded that “[t]he nationwide condemnations have been swift and unequivocal” after the images surfaced and that even now-President Joe Biden had mentioned he ought to resign, however pivoted to rehabilitating Northam.
Describing the simultaneous sexual assault allegations towards Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) and Legal professional Basic Mark Herring (D) as “a stroke of unexpected fortune,” Herndon revealed that Northam’s technique rapidly grew to become one among a woke training and having Black elected officers meet Northam with “Black workers members as a go-between.”
Like all good lefty, Herndon relayed that Northam had turn into well-versed in “anti-racist literature,” together with grifter Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility after having led a lifetime of disgrace and racism as a result of he was — get this — too invested in medical faculty.
For all of the laughers earlier than this, this one in paragraph 39 took the cake: “The reply to how, precisely, Mr. Northam survived a scandal is difficult — however there isn’t a query he survived.”
Herndon closed by hyping that “[t]he flip of occasions breathes new life into Mr. Northam’s political future,” which may embody a second gubernatorial bid in 2025.
He added: “Mr. Northam, for his half, says that he’s a modified man, and that he understands that arenas like well being care, training, enterprise and voting rights ‘are all simply filled with racism and oppression.’”
Go over to the interview (entitled “Ralph Northam Displays on His Journey Again From the Edge”) and it’s simply as shameless as the 2 took low-cost photographs on the curriculum beloved by leftist educators that seeks to have white college students turn into deeply depressed and are available to comprehend that their very existence is oppression towards their Black and Brown classmates (click on “develop”):
I used to be studying this week about Loudoun County in Virginia, the place there’s been a giant ethical panic round a few of the books you talked about — saying that such teachings quantity to an anti-white message in important race idea. What would you say to white dad and mom who’re frankly afraid of the stuff you say have helped you develop?
Essential race idea is a canine whistle that the Republicans are utilizing to frighten folks. What I’m inquisitive about is fairness.
And a part of this listening tour has been with younger folks, and it’s helped me mirror by myself training. As a result of what we’re instructing, and what we’ve been taught, is just not solely insufficient however inaccurate. Our textbooks are insufficient and inaccurate, as is who’s instructing them.
I believe there are numerous white folks which might be open-minded and wish to do higher. And also you could possibly train them one thing that they by no means actually realized. However there’s some folks that don’t wish to lose their parking spots.
Do you share the fears of some Democrats that what you’re describing is leaning too far right into a so-called wokeness? And that it’s dangerous politically?
No, I believe the extra we learn about our historical past, the higher.
The extra I can find out about you, and the extra you possibly can find out about me, we’ll determine that we’ve much more in widespread than divides us or separates us.
However inform us extra about how reconciliation breeds compassion, love, understanding, and many others. As a substitute, it’s all about one factor for these folks on the subject of their political opponents: submission.