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.
I’m not sure what year blackface became for reals not okay. Definitely after the mid80s but also definitely before 2000
We knew it was wrong in the 90s, which is why edgelords like this dude (and Trudeau) were into it.
I place the limit of acceptability somewhere around Soul Man (1986).