(Photo: Robert Sebree for USA WEEKEND)
(2-8-19) From My Files Friday: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and our state’s Attorney General, Mark Herring, are in political trouble because they wore “blackface” which invokes our racist and painful history. Whenever outrage about an abusive slur or hateful action by a public figure gains national attention, I think about everyday slights that I hear, read or see about individuals with mental illnesses. Even professionals have engaged in hurtful, stigmatizing speech as this Op Ed that I wrote for USA Today in July 2013, shows. (Postscript: Dr. Phil never apologized.)
“Dr. Phil said what?” I replied.