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[FONT="]He acknowledged that the photo was "disgusting," "racist," and 'offensive." But he claimed that when he was shown the yearbook Friday, he was seeing it for the first time. "I was unaware of what was on my page," he said.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"I am not and will not excuse the content of the photo," Northam told reporters Saturday. He claimed that when he was shown the yearbook Friday, he was seeing it "for the first time." He told reporters that he was not involved in the preparation of the yearbook, nor did he buy one.[/FONT]
[FONT="]He acknowledged that it may be difficult for people to believe this. Northam added that he had spoken to a former classmate who said that several photos in that specific yearbook were placed on the wrong pages. He said that he submitted the other three photos on the page, but not the one that featured blackface and KKK costumes.[/FONT]
[FONT="]He acknowledged that the photo was "disgusting," "racist," and 'offensive." But he claimed that when he was shown the yearbook Friday, he was seeing it for the first time. "I was unaware of what was on my page," he said.[/FONT]
[FONT="]"I am not and will not excuse the content of the photo," Northam told reporters Saturday. He claimed that when he was shown the yearbook Friday, he was seeing it "for the first time." He told reporters that he was not involved in the preparation of the yearbook, nor did he buy one.[/FONT]
[FONT="]He acknowledged that it may be difficult for people to believe this. Northam added that he had spoken to a former classmate who said that several photos in that specific yearbook were placed on the wrong pages. He said that he submitted the other three photos on the page, but not the one that featured blackface and KKK costumes.[/FONT]