Last Friday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam admitted to wearing blackface in college after a photo from his 1984 yearbook resurfaced online, according to USA Today.
In the wake of Northam’s admission, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and Virginia Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment have been embroiled in their own blackface scandals, compounding what has become a national conversation about race.
For their part, late night talk show hosts like Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers have been quick to condemn and mock Virginian politicians embroiled in the scandals, according to Fox News.
But two other late night hosts, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, have remained largely silent, and it isn’t likely because they have nothing to say, but because like Northam, Herring, and Norment, they too have a history with blackface, according to multiple reports. Posted by Abdul