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36. He was at a COSTUME PARTY, for gawd's sake!

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 09:03 AM

Sep 2019

Dressed as a character from The Arabian Nights (which was the party's theme). Tell me how that is so different from your teacher in public school having you dress up as an "Indian" for the Thanksgiving pageant? Maybe with slightly darker skin and war paint -- or maybe the teacher picked the children with the darker skin to play the "Indians"....and you thought nothing was wrong with that twenty years ago.

Again, he was at a COSTUME PARTY. Nothing to apologize for, just dealing with the Conservative Party's dirty tricks (which they've adopted from the GOP).

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Photo shows Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wearing brownface at 2001 party [View all] OnlinePoker Sep 2019 OP

Doh! DrToast Sep 2019 #1

And he was dressed as a character from a movie. LisaM Sep 2019 #2

True, also does it even have the same negative connotation in Canada? DrToast Sep 2019 #5

That's really the point. No, it doesn't. luvtheGWN Sep 2019 #35

black face in the minstrel context is to mock, demean, insult not_the_one Sep 2019 #49

2001! Polybius Sep 2019 #3

I can't say that I care. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #4

So blackface is cool? Polybius Sep 2019 #6

stop. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #7

Blackface in 2001 is disgusting Polybius Sep 2019 #11

blocking. you are being ridiculous. EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #13

When you can't find a response you block? Polybius Sep 2019 #14

because Demonaut Sep 2019 #50

The response was to EveHammond13 Polybius Sep 2019 #54

it was new to me Demonaut Sep 2019 #55

Do you think skin lightener is racist? Are self-tanning products racist? Doodley Sep 2019 #17

No Polybius Sep 2019 #18

You try to make your skin darker by going to the beach, but darkening skin to play a fictional Doodley Sep 2019 #19

One offends black people Polybius Sep 2019 #21

Who told you that nobody is offended that you try to color your skin by going to the beach? Doodley Sep 2019 #22

No one ever told me Polybius Sep 2019 #23

Who said it was "cool"? The difference between Trudeau and other politicians is..... George II Sep 2019 #15

He should have known better in 2001 Polybius Sep 2019 #16

He himself said he should have known better. He didn't say he didn't care. Duh. Beat the dead horse. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2019 #31

I did move on Polybius Sep 2019 #34

He was at a COSTUME PARTY, for gawd's sake! luvtheGWN Sep 2019 #36

I'm brown and I'll give him credit for that IronLionZion Sep 2019 #38

He should not have to apologize for dressing up with makeup as a fictional character. Sorry, but Doodley Sep 2019 #8

+1 EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #9

+1, n/t cate94 Sep 2019 #12

+1... 2naSalit Sep 2019 #20

+1 emmaverybo Sep 2019 #24

Peter Sellers did the same for his character in The Party. PSPS Sep 2019 #25

Perhaps Canada wasn't as progressive as the US 18 years ago Jose Garcia Sep 2019 #37

In what way/s is it "far worse"? BannonsLiver Sep 2019 #40

I guess that's it for him, he had a nice run. Mosby Sep 2019 #10

Yes, the Western world has misunderstood and oppressed the Arab world for centuries, Has nothing emmaverybo Sep 2019 #26

How's he performed in office? tirebiter Sep 2019 #27

By all accounts he's been a good PM BannonsLiver Sep 2019 #42

I would say fair, not good. OnlinePoker Sep 2019 #43

Most would disagree. BannonsLiver Sep 2019 #44

Oh dear..... Turbineguy Sep 2019 #28

Had he been drinking? CTyankee Sep 2019 #29

Dont we have MFM008 Sep 2019 #30

I would still take Trudeau over Trump as the leader of my country . . . in a nanosecond. Vinca Sep 2019 #32

Donald Trump is a racist pig ! stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #33

NEW: Global News has obtained a video of Justin Trudeau in blackface. This is the 3rd instance... demmiblue Sep 2019 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Sep 2019 #41

exactly. Trudeau apologized. Forgotten tomorrow. onetexan Sep 2019 #46

Exactly. Owl Sep 2019 #48

If Trump or Maxime Bernier did this they would throw it under the rug or make excuses dustyscamp Sep 2019 #45

One can do or say a racist thing without being racist... VarryOn Sep 2019 #47

and cheetos are mocked by trump Demonaut Sep 2019 #51

Frankly, I've always thought blackface is what people do when they don't have a costume. secondwind Sep 2019 #52

What a very quaint little scandal-- dawg day Sep 2019 #53