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"Trudeau said he wore blackface “makeup” in high school to sing “Day-O,” a Jamaican folk song famously performed by African-American singer and civil rights act
by calvinmorrison 4y ago
"Trudeau said he wore blackface “makeup” in high school to sing “Day-O,” a Jamaican folk song famously performed by African-American singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. TIME has confirmed that a photo shows Trudeau at a school talent show wearing blackface and an afro wig." - TIME
Nah man that's just straight up blackface minstrel, extremely racist and bad. Sorry, you're confusing it with the other time he wore blackface.
- wonderwonder 4y agoHonestly though, why is this important? He meant no offense and no one was hurt. Should we advocate for ending his career because of something he did in highschool?
- calvinmorrison 4y agoalmost Certainly not. We should only hold past indiscretions against people we have opposing political opinions with
- wonderwonder 4y agoPolitically me and Trudeau are very far apart, he is very much further left than I am. I just don't think youthful indiscretions that harm no one and are not criminal in nature should haunt someone for the rest of their lives.