A Richmond County, Virginia politician, has apologized to his constituents after boldly dressing in Blackface for Halloween.
Faron Hamblin’s not-so-bright idea to dress as Coming To America’s iconic character Randy Watson backfired after photos of his look circulated on social media, causing outrage, NBC 12 reported.
The news outlet detailed that Hamblin initially wrote a post allegedly honoring a friend who died.
“I made a post that hurt a lot of folks, and that was not my intention.”
“In honor of my late friend, I went out as the legendary Randy Watson tonight. ‘Give it up for my band Sexual Chocolate,’” he reportedly wrote.
The city councilman maintained that he didn’t see an issue with donning Blackface because he showed respect for his homie.
Hamblin doubled down on the foolery and wrote a brazen Facebook post that NBC 12 captured before he deleted.
“Like Eddie [Murphy] or Dave Chapelle, I don’t go walking on eggshells, worried about hurting someone’s feelings. But I never intended it to be a racist issue.”
Say less.
After Hamblin removed the post, he cried white tears about being called a racist.
“I try to be a good person and help others regardless of who they are,” he said.
Kristin Keyser, a Black woman, supported Hamblin’s asinine costume.
She took to Facebook on Wednesday, writing, “I didn’t even know it was him until I read the article. I think he looks great. It is not like he was just going as a black person or putting on Blackface to pretend to be black and insult the culture of black people. The character is black.”
“He was going as the character, which is in itself hilarious btw. A couple years ago, I was Uncle Fester…with white paint on my face,” she continued. “This year, I’m gonna be Yoda….with green paint on my face, not making fun of white people’s culture or little green men’s. Just saying. We’re still friends.”
The Warsaw city councilman has not been reprimanded.
