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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
That was basically my take as well, although without the benefit of your background I wasn't confident in ruling out #1
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Today is Halloween. I am in my mid-50s and I've never in my life been to a Halloween party either as a child, teen or adult, where a white person got made up in blackface like Justin Trudeau was in those photos.
(Though I've seen lots of white people dressed up in ethnic costumes like Indigenous, Arab, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, etc.)
When Trudeau did that (around 1990 I am guessing) you wouldn't have gotten cancelled for it with your life ruined like you might today, but it would still have been an extremely cringeworthy thing to do.