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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday for wearing brownface and blackface after a yearbook picture surfaced showing him at an Arabian Nights-themed party in 2001, embroiling the politician in another scandal as he faces a tough battle for a second term.

The photograph, published Wednesday by Time and taken while Trudeau was a teacher at the private West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, depicts the then-29-year-old smiling while wearing a feathered turban, his face darkened in a practice with racist roots.

“I attended an end-of-year gala where the theme was Arabian nights. I dressed up in an Aladdin costume and put makeup on,” Trudeau said at a news conference Wednesday evening. “I shouldn’t have done that. I should have known better, but I didn’t, and I’m really sorry.”

Trudeau also admitted to wearing blackface in high school while singing the song “Day-O” at a talent show.

Turdacious wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:16 am... is what nafod claims Trump is.

Grandpa's Spells wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:22 am

Turdacious wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:16 am... is what nafod claims Trump is.

Ok, I’ll bite. How so?

Global News has obtained video showing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface, the third instance of racist dress to come to light in 12 hours.

It’s not clear when or where the video was taken, but the video, obtained exclusively by Global News, shows Trudeau covered in what appears to be dark makeup and raising his hands in the air while laughing, sticking his tongue out and making faces. He’s wearing a white T-shirt, and his jeans are ripped at the knees. It appears as though his arms and legs are covered in makeup as well. It does not appear the video was shot at the same time and place of the other photos of Trudeau in racist make-up that have emerged in the past 24 hours.

Turdacious wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:52 am

Grandpa's Spells wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:22 am

Turdacious wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:16 am... is what nafod claims Trump is.

Ok, I’ll bite. How so?

Seriously? There's a big difference in spouting off on 40 times a day on twitter and buying a costume and facepaint and going out in public.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says women who come forward with complaints of sexual assault and harassment must be supported and believed. And he's confident no one will be able to accuse him of the kinds of behaviour that have brought down several high-profile politicians this week. "I've been very, very careful all my life to be thoughtful, to be respectful of people's space and people's headspace as well," he told CBC Radio's The House, in an interview airing Saturday. When asked if any of his past actions could be misconstrued, Trudeau said he didn't think so. "This is something that I'm not new to. I've been working on issues around sexual assault for over 25 years.

Revelations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has dressed up in brownface and blackface on multiple occasions have rocked his re-election campaign, reinforcing a narrative that has dogged him throughout his political career: that he isn’t really who he portrays himself to be. Mr. Trudeau has long cast himself as a glittering spokesman for the world’s beleaguered liberals, standing up to President Trump, supporting gender and Indigenous rights, welcoming immigrants, and fighting climate change and racism[...]

The new disclosures come only a few months after accusations surfaced that Mr. Trudeau had bullied his former justice minister and attorney general, an Indigenous woman, while pressing her to settle corruption charges against a major Quebec engineering company. When she didn’t comply, she accused him of demoting her. “Justin Trudeau has carefully crafted an image of what Canadians aspire to: hope, openness to the world and youth,” said Jean-Marc Léger, chief executive of Léger, a leading polling company in Montreal. “The blackface episode shatters that perfect image and casts questions on his authenticity.”

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:26 pm Let's not completely lose sight of the fact that blackface is extremely funny, as is any adult who lets themselves get bent out of shape about it.

nafod wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:48 pm I'm baffled. It occurred to me exactly never to put on blackface, and I did some stupid shit growing up.

Shapecharge wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:34 pm Mak is cracking me up.

There are some things that are just inherently wrong. I don't know, say maybe murder, or thievery or robocalling. But just by way of the passage of time and the body politic deciding that something somebody did 20, 30, 40 years ago is now wrong...well, big yawn. Just fyi, I used black shoe polish as camo as a young jarhead. I want to deeply apologize for that now. I feel so ashamed.

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:11 pm

nafod wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:48 pm I'm baffled. It occurred to me exactly never to put on blackface, and I did some stupid shit growing up.

You and spells must just be a riot at parties.

nafod wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:50 pm

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:11 pm

nafod wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 5:48 pm I'm baffled. It occurred to me exactly never to put on blackface, and I did some stupid shit growing up.

You and spells must just be a riot at parties.

You're talking to someone who threw a Jonestown Juice Jamboree with grain punch, and hosted a Migrant Farm Worker's college party with live chickens and sombreros (roommate's last name was Palacioz).

I just never got the blackface thing.

Fat Cat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2019 5:31 pm TRIGGER WARNING JESUS NAFOD. I'm gonna go have a cry in the gender-neutral bathroom.