Black Virginia leaders condemn Earle-Sears' comments about slaves, DEI

Black Virginia leaders condemn Earle-Sears' comments about slaves, DEI

The Republican nominee for governor talks about race in ways that former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and Virginia Del. Candi Mundon King find “troubling.” A recent fundraising email for Republican nominee for governor Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears begins, “Slaves did not die in the fields so that we could call ourselves victims now in 2025” and goes on to call diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) “nonsense.” Earle-Sears’ campaign tried to…