Commentary: The shame of Dixie dress-up
by Sharon Rosen Leib, Los Angeles Times
Feb 19, 2019
3 minutes
I can't cast any stones at Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. Like him, I committed the sin of making a shameful costume choice in my youth. My regrettable behavior occurred at UC Berkeley in 1982, when I attended the Kappa Alpha Order's Dixie Ball.
How did a native Southern Californian Jewish girl like me end up at a frat party wearing an antebellum ball gown complete with hoop skirt in celebration of antiquated Southern values? Back then,
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