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applegrove

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2. Still it is serious. I hope it scars canadians enough that nobody does this again.

Reply to VarryOn (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 09:16 PM

Sep 2019

I was at a party in the early 1990s and some people were in blackface. I didn't expect it of them. Then i didn't know them well. It is white privilege to not know better at the time. I kept my mouth shut. That is privilege too.

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Canada's Trudeau campaigns after blackface images deliver blow to polling numbers [View all] applegrove Sep 2019 OP

I cant believe anyone actually believes Trudeau is a racist! VarryOn Sep 2019 #1

Still it is serious. I hope it scars canadians enough that nobody does this again. applegrove Sep 2019 #2

I dont doubt it's serious... VarryOn Sep 2019 #3

Oh i hope he wins. He's not a racist. He made an african refugee Minister of Immigration. applegrove Sep 2019 #4

Some people are genuinely upset about it. Saviolo Sep 2019 #5