no, it is in Kenya Africa.
The Standard is one of the largest newspapers in Kenya with a 48% market share. It is the oldest newspaper in the country and is owned by The Standard Group, which also runs the Kenya Television Network, Radio Maisha, The Nairobian and Standard Digital which is its online platform. Wikipedia
Circulation: 74,000
Founded: 1902
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/kenya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Standard_(Kenya)
This is starting to spread on Twitter.
They suspended Potus schedule.
Blackface scandal silences Jimmy Kimmell and Jimmy Fallon as hosts and celebs including Billy Crystal, Judy Garland, Ted Danson and Joy Behar have participated in the racist practice
Racist practice of blackface is again in the news after a photo of Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia and a friend in a KKK robe and minstrelsy makeup emerged
Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmell made no mention of the scandal on their late night shows, with both men having done blackface in the past
Fallon did blackface to portray Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live, while Billy Crystal did the same on the show to play Sammy Davis Jr
Judy Garland (Everybody Sing), Gene Wilder (Silver Streak), Elizabeth Taylor (Il giovane Toscanini) and Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder) did blackface on film
Joni Mitchell showed up in blackface on the cover of her 1977 alum Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, while Ted Danson dressed as a black minstrelsy in 1993
NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement: 'Black face in any manner is always racist and never okay'
The troubled history of blackface in America is once again in the news cycle after a photo emerged of Virginia governor Ralph Northam and a friend dressed as a man in black face and a Ku Klux Klan member in their college yearbook.
That photo quickly became a hot topic of discussion among the late night hosts, thought drew no comment from the liberal-leaning ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmell.
Also silent was Jimmy Fallon, who like Kimmell might have a difficult time attacking a racist practice that he has practiced in the past.
And they are not alone, with celebrities from Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks and Ted Danson having also done blackface in the past.
Kimmell painted his face to portray Karl Malone and Oprah Winfrey on The Man Show, while his ex-girlfriend Sarah Silverman did a black minstrelsy look for her eponymous Comedy Central show.
Fallon did blackface to portray Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live, while Billy Crystal did the same on the show to play Sammy Davis Jr.
Crystal then revisited that look for the 2012 Academy Awards.
Two View co-hosts have also been criticized for blackface incidents.
Whoopi Goldberg back in 1993 when her then-boyfriend Ted Danson appeared in a tux and top hat with black minstrelsy makeup at a Friar's Club Roast and Joy Behar when she revealed in 2016 that she darkened her skin to dress as a beautiful African woman for Halloween.
More recently, Kylie Jenner was criticized for darkening her features on Instagram, Julianne Hough was maligned for dressing up as Uzo Aduba's character on Orange Is the New Black by darkening her face, and Paul Deen's son Bobby felt the heat when he painted his skin brown to look like Ricky Ricardo.
There are also a number of movie stars who have done blackface on film, including: Judy Garland (Everybody Sing in 1938), Gene Wilder (Silver Streak in 1976), Elizabeth Taylor(Il giovane Toscanini in 1988) and Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder in 2008).
Even Joni Mitchell showed up in blackface on the cover of her 1977 alum Don Juan's Reckless Daughter.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6679399/Jimmy-Kimmell-Jimmy-Fallon-Billy-Crystal-Judy-Garland-Ted-Danson-Joy-Behar-blackface.html