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Northam Blackface
Background Information
This is the 1984 college yearbook of Governor Northam of Virginia. This image was circulated to force him to resign. The meme uses the term "Doctor Mengele" to refer to the notorious Nazi German who performed experiments on Jews. Northam has been criticized for his support of Planned Parenthood.
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This is propaganda because
This is harmful propaganda that distorts the reputation of a politician for political purposes.
Additional context is noteworthy: the pro-abortion Planned Parenthood (which gave him $2 million in campaign funding) has called for his resignation as a result of the photo. Everybody's mad at Northam, it seems.
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