RE:Trudeau in black face / brown faceA prize find and wonder what else will come out of the woodwork
https://election.ctvnews.ca/i-m-pissed-off-at-myself-trudeau-apologizes-for-wearing-brownface-in-2001-1.4599848 Speaking at a campaign event Wednesday evening, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called the photo “troubling” and “insulting.”
“Any time we hear examples of brownface or blackface it's ... making a mockery of someone for what they lived and what their lived experiences are,” Singh said. “I think he needs to answer for it.”
“Racism is real. People in this room have felt it. I’ve heard the stories, I’ve experienced it in my life,” Singh added.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims called on Trudeau to explain the "deeply saddening" photo.
"The wearing of blackface/brownface is reprehensible, and hearkens back to a history of racism, slavery, and an Orientalist mythology that is unacceptable," said executive director Mustafa Farooq, calling for Trudeau to apologize.