Jerry Falwell Jr. is apologizing after tweeting an image of a face mask depicting a racist photo that originally appeared in Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook. The university's director of diversity retention resigned earlier this month.
in Lynchburg, McLaurin, a Liberty graduate, wrote,"I can not just be a window dressing on what is clearly an institution that struggles with a history of racism, prejudice, and discrimination."
In a series of tweets this week, Falwell said,"After listening to African American LU leaders and alumni over the past week and hearing their concerns, I understand that by tweeting an image to remind all of the governor's racist past I actually refreshed the trauma that image had caused and offended some by using the image to make a political point."
Falwell also said he had deleted the tweet and apologized"for any hurt my effort caused, especially within the African American community." After the yearbook photo surfaced in early 2019, Northam apologized and pledged to make racial justice the focus of his administration. In recent days, Northam has
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