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B.C. councillor blames 'leftist extremists' after blackface photo surfaces online (bc.ctvnews.ca)
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A city councillor in British Columbia says an online mob of "extremists" and "politically motivated hackers" is responsible for uncovering and publicizing a photo of him wearing a blackface costume to a Halloween party in 2007.

Colwood Coun. Ian Ward on Monday addressed the photo in a statement on his X account after the picture, which was originally published on a personal family blog, surfaced on social media in recent days.

Ward acknowledged he posed for the photo wearing a Washington Bullets basketball jersey, a gold chain and a wig, with his teeth coloured gold and his hands and face painted black.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

People are saying in the 90s but I know we had a guy dressed as a terrorists with a brown face on Halloween day when I was in highschool back in 2002 and no one cared, but maybe it's because slavery isn't part of our history and that part of US culture hadn't influenced us yet... These days people like to act like it wasn't accepted for disguises around here 20 years ago even though it actually was. Hell, I know for a fact we even had some on TV after 2005 and no one cared...

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People still think Group X is funny and not problematic at all

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Never heard of that