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RSS FeedsJustin Trudeau´s election campaign rocked by past incidents he acknowledges are racist
(The Star Travel)

 
 

19 september 2019 19:35:10

 
Justin Trudeau´s election campaign rocked by past incidents he acknowledges are racist
(The Star Travel)
 


OTTAWA—Hours after his campaign was rocked by revelations that Justin Trudeau appeared in brownface during his time as a teacher, a new video appears to show yet another incident.The video posted by Global News shows a brief clip of Trudeau in blackface, wearing a white T-shirt, sticking his tongue out. Liberal party spokesperson Zita Astravas confirmed to the Star that it’s Trudeau in the video, which she said dates from the early 1990s.Trudeau was already facing wide condemnation after Time magazine published a photo showing the prime minister, then a teacher, wearing brownface makeup and a turban at a 2001 private school party.At a hastily called news conference onboard his campaign plane Wednesday night, Trudeau said he didn’t think it was racist at the time, but now acknowledges that it was.“I regret it deeply,” Trudeau said. “It’s something I shouldn’t have done, many years ago, and I recognize that I shouldn’t have done it.”He admitted that it wasn’t his first time he had dressed in brownface. “When I was in high school I dressed up at a talent show and sang ‘Day-O,’” Trudeau said, adding quickly, “and put makeup on.” The incident has garnered international attention, with news coverage by the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, BBC and the Guardian newspaper in the U.K.It’s not clear that an apology and an appeal for forgiveness will be enough for Trudeau and his campaign for re-election for a second term in what was already a tight race with the Conservatives. After saying he was “shocked” by Trudeau’s behaviour Wednesday night, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer admitted Thursday that his campaign team had previously obtained a video of Trudeau in blackface and leaked it to Global News. Scheer said Trudeau “failed to be honest” Wednesday night when he admitted to two instances of wearing brown or blackface costu ...


 
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