{"id":15225,"date":"2019-09-19T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T10:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=15225"},"modified":"2019-09-19T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T10:33:30","slug":"justin-trudeau-apologises-for-brownface-2001-yearbook-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/justin-trudeau-apologises-for-brownface-2001-yearbook-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Trudeau apologises for &#8216;brownface&#8217; 2001 yearbook photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Canada&#8217;s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has apologised after a photo leaked of him in brown-face make-up at a costume party in 2001. The picture was taken at a private school gala when he was a teacher at the West Point Grey Academy, it was an Arabian Nights themed gathering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15228\" style=\"width: 979px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15228\" class=\" wp-image-15228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/skynews-justin-trudeau-brown-face-photo_4779215-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/skynews-justin-trudeau-brown-face-photo_4779215-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/skynews-justin-trudeau-brown-face-photo_4779215-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/skynews-justin-trudeau-brown-face-photo_4779215-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/skynews-justin-trudeau-brown-face-photo_4779215.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pic: Time\/West Point Grey Academy<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Speaking to reporters, Mr Trudeau said:<\/strong> &#8220;In 2001, when I was a teacher in Vancouver I attended an end-of-year gala where the theme was Arabian Nights and I dressed up in an Aladdin costume and put make-up on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I shouldn&#8217;t have done that. I should&#8217;ve known better but I didn&#8217;t. And I&#8217;m really sorry.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>He added<\/strong>: &#8220;I have made a number of calls to friends and colleagues tonight and I will have many more colleagues, many more calls to make.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>He went on<\/strong>: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to be asking Canadians to forgive me for what I did. I shouldn&#8217;t have done that. I take responsibility for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;It was a dumb thing to do. I&#8217;m disappointed in myself. I&#8217;m p****d off at myself for having done it. I wish I hadn&#8217;t done it but I did it, and I apologise for it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Trudeau also admitted he had worn make-up when he was a\u00a0student performing at a talent show in high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ht\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2066<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a>\u2069 in blackface at Jean Brebeuf high school. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cdnpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cdnpoli<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/elxn43?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#elxn43<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakingNews<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q6v5bgYJvJ\">pic.twitter.com\/q6v5bgYJvJ<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 Robert Fife (@RobertFife) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertFife\/status\/1174512548470763523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Typically &#8220;blackface&#8221;, &#8220;brownface&#8221; refers to when someone paints their face darker to appear like someone with a different skin colour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Reacting to the picture, the leader of Canada&#8217;s opposition Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer said:<\/strong> &#8220;Like all Canadians I was extremely shocked and disappointed when I learned of Justin Trudeau&#8217;s actions this evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Wearing brown face as an act of open mockery and racism. It was just as racist in 2001 as it is in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;And what Canadians saw this evening is someone with a complete lack of judgement and integrity, and someone who is not fit to govern this country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Trudeau has promoted the rights for minority groups during his four years, many have seen this as embarrassing for the Canadian prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has apologised after a photo leaked of him in brown-face make-up at a costume party in 2001. 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