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    Virginia's First Lady Criticized For Racially 'Inappropriate' Mansion Tour

    Pam Northam allegedly handed out cotton to two black Senate pages, asking them to imagine being enslaved cotton-pickers. The first lady says she was telling the "full story of the Executive Mansion."
    by Hafsa Quraishi Feb 28, 2019 2 minutes
    Virginia first lady Pam Northam is facing criticism after asking Senate pages to imagine being enslaved cotton-pickers during a tour of the Executive Mansion.

    Virginia's first lady, Pam Northam, has apologized after aggravating the recent racial scandals begun by her husband, the governor.

    During a Feb. 21 tour of the Executive Mansion hosted by the Northams for the 2019 class of Senate pages, Pam Northam allegedly handed out raw cotton to two of the three black students present, and asked them to imagine being an enslaved cotton-picker.

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