Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) offered her “heartfelt apologies” on Thursday for her participation in a racist sketch when she was an undergraduate at Auburn University decades ago.
She’s a Republican so she doesn’t have to resign and no one from her party will even ask.
Cue Gomer Pyle: “Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!”
It’s that woman from Minnesota that has true black skin the one that needs to resign.
Another racist from another failed state. Sucking down the tax dollars of decent hardworking ststes and living high on the hog while their own people starve in the woods, wrapped in spite.
Every time one of these fucked up States is mentioned, it should be with the caveat that they are a drain on the American economy. Guaranteed votes for racists, that’s all they are.
My understanding is early blackface was almost exclusively male. If that the case, there’s Alabama again, exploring new ways to advance racism.
(pops a beer) I’m real interested to see how some of y’all come down on this one. I distinctly remember being told that it was fine because it was 30 years ago…
I’m in my mid-60s and I grew up in a border state, close to Dixie. Even I knew back then that black face was never done. Of course, it could be because I grew up with a black family as neighbors (darn near family we spent so much time together) and I wasn’t raised by white nationalists…
I know everyone is going to point out the racism (and with good reason), and at least some people will point out that things just were like that in Alabama in the 60s so it’s not a surprise that it happened, and that people should have known better even then.
I’m in agreement with what’s going to be said on those topics (just say no to blackface), so instead I’m going to point out that, amazingly, Ivey is actually doing the right thing and straight out apologizing for what she did back then. No holding back, no “I apologize to anyone offended”, just an honest admission of wrongdoing and a straightforward apology. It’s actually refreshing, and interesting for Alabama…if any state would allow a Republican to say “eh, so what?” on this it’s likely there, and yet she’s jumping on the land mine. She didn’t even stop at “I don’t remember” to get out of it, she went full apology. I wonder if there is something happening there that makes a shift like this important for political survival, or if Ivey is, like a lot of white people, a structural racist and actually regrets doing something like that (even if it was “just fine” at the time) now that she understands what it meant. If it’s the latter, good for her, a lot of white Americans could learn from her example…if it’s the former, then 2020 is going to be very interesting, and the groundswell towards more equality must be reaching really deeply into the national conscious.
Nobody’s surprised. Nobody believes you’re sorry.
Make mine a cold RC cola… This should be good.
I am more interested in what her positions are over the last 30 years than a stupid and insensitive act of this sort all those years ago. I have no idea what those positions actually are. (I think Northam had some demonstrable positions that needed to be considered in the overall picture.)
I’m withholding judgement until Paula Deen weighs in.
Paula Deen’s response butter be worth it.
Didn’t expect her to apologize. What a surprise.
She is deeply concerned that black voters will be angry enough to vote and vote Democratic.
Don’t forget the Moon Pie!
Kay Ivey is a dreadful governor and isn’t going to become a good one.
But her apology seems real.
Color me shocked.
And here I thought I was the only one! (I could go for a sleeve of salted Planters peanuts, too.)