As a 60-year-old white man I didn’t feel enormously qualified to comment about Justin Trudeau’s brown and blackface travesties when the story first broke — though this didn’t seem to prevent countless others from becoming overnight experts — but I will say now that whatever their intention and however long ago, the actions themselves were repugnant.
But here’s the thing. As much as I am revolted by what Trudeau did with his blackface nonsense, I’m more concerned at the Conservatives’ whiteface antics. That party’s approach to climate change policy, First Nations issues, economic justice, foreign affairs, social equality, and so much else is deeply disquieting.
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