As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to wage his reelection bid amid a scandal surrounding three known blackface incidents, many experts expect it to be damaging —but not disastrous.
For some politicians, being photographed dressing in black or brown face multiple times would be automatically devastating to a political campaign.As Trudeau continues to wage his re-election bid amid a scandal surrounding three known incidents where he made himself appear as a different race, experts are evaluating how much of an impact they will have on his campaign. For the most part, many expect it to be damaging but not disastrous.
"Where this issue is a chink in the armor for him is a sense that some of the population has that he’s hypocritical," he said, noting how Trudeau has been quick to admonish his peers and fellow politicians about missteps and pointing out how his party has allegedly been digging up old videos of opponents as well.
Nelson told ABC News via email that she believes that many Canadians"know little about" their country’s history of slavery under the French and British until 1833,"and instead we routinely celebrate the Underground Railroad and embrace curriculum and narratives that position us simply as a multicultural and color-blind society."
"I think a lot of people who experience racism in Canada are maybe not surprised, but I think that Canadian liberals who have this mythologized, idealized version of Canada are really feeling their world shaken by this," Rangwala said.Fagan seemed to agree, saying,"I don’t think it will be a deciding factor."
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