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Virginia governor's wife expresses regret after complaint of racist tour

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia first lady Pam Northam has expressed regret after the mother of an African-American teenager complained that a tour of the governor's mansion was racially insensitive.Northam said Wednesday that is she is working to make sure the stories of slaves who worked in the mansion's historic kitchen before the Civil War are told properly.Northam's statement comes amid heightened racial tension in Virginia politics.

 

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