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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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[–] Binzy_Boi@piefed.social 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"times change"

Bro thinks 2007 was the Johnson administration.

[–] classic@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure what year blackface became for reals not okay. Definitely after the mid80s but also definitely before 2000

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seriously, was blackface such a rampant thing in the aughts? It seems like everyone was doing it, but I wasn't aware of it at the time.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Well, just a few years earlier than this guy's black face, a movie called White Chicks came out... two black dudes playing white face in an entire Hollywood movie (coincidently, filmed in B.C).

I don't ever recall outrage over it, though.

That said, I guess we're lucky that our politicians are only playing black face during costume parties, rather than wearing white hoods during regular business hours! LOL