Opinion | Ola Ojewumi: Justin Trudeau's blackface shows that being progressive doesn't exempt you from racism. NBCNewsTHINK
showed that he values the interests of big oil companies over the health and well-being of Native Canadians.claimed he didn’t know it was racist
. But in 2001, I doubt that many people didn’t know that it was. Indeed, dressing up this way — which conjures the dehumanizing minstrel shows of decades past — is much more than a costume; it recalls a painful history that has been ignored for too long. White people can do explicitly racist things and still believe they’re not racist in part from conditioning that teaches racism is synonymous with white hoods, burning crosses and lynchings but often little more, and for people of color to think otherwise is a misunderstanding or overreaction.white culture
that goes unseen when neighborhoods are racially separated. When you rarely interact with people of color, you don’t have to be nearly as cautious about being called out about racism. The golden rule is: If you wouldn't do or say something if a black person was within earshot or near you, it's probably racist. That’s how to know that someone is aware an act is racist and doesn’t care enough not to do it.
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