Justin Trudeau brownface: Canada PM apologises after image emerges.

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Canadian prime minister says he deeply regrets image from 2001 party, which emerges weeks out from election.


▼ Justin Trudeauhas apologised for wearing brownface makeup to a party when he was a teacher in 2001, saying “it was a racist thing to do” – and marking a potential turning point in next month’s tightly contested general election.
A photograph of Trudeau with brown makeup on his face, neck and hands and dressed in a turban and robes was published  by Time magazineon Wednesday. It appeared in a school yearbook, while Trudeau, then 29, was working as a teacher at West Point Grey Academy.
“I apologise profoundly,” said the Canadian prime minister on Wednesday night after the photograph was published. “I regret it deeply. I’m deeply sorry I did that, I should have known better.”
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“It was something I should not have done. I didn’t think it was racist at the time, but now I see, it was a racist thing to do.”
Trudeau did not answer a question about whether he had considered resigning.
“In 2001, when I was a teacher in Vancouver, I attended an end-of-year gala, the theme was Arabian nights. I dressed up in an Aladdin costume and put makeup on. I shouldn’t have done it. I should have known better, but I didn’t and I’m really sorry,” Trudeau said.
Political rivals seized on the opportunity to attack the prime minister, issuing scathing condemnations following revelations of the damning image.
Andrew Scheer, the Conservative leader and Trudeau’s main opponent, said he was “extremely shocked and disappointed” at the actions of the prime minister, calling his rival “unfit” to lead Canada. “It was racist in 2001, it’s racist now,” he said.
Scheer has consistently used the prime minister’s ethical lapsesto paint the government as unable to govern effectively. But the Conservative leader has also faced (▪ ▪ ▪)

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He admitted his mistake and issued an apology.
He is 47 years now. It happened 18 years ago. That makes him 29 years old in 2001. There is a possibility that, at that age he may have made a mistake by doing it.