Yearbook photo of Trudeau in 'brownface' makeup roils Canada election

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore 'brownface' at a private school gala nearly two decades ago.

Justin Trudeau wore 'brownface' at a private school event in 2001.

Justin Trudeau wore 'brownface' at a private school event in 2001. Source: Time Magazine

The re-election campaign of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was thrown into turmoil Wednesday when Time magazine published a 2001 photograph of him wearing brownface makeup at a private school party.

Time said the photograph had been taken when Mr Trudeau, then a 29-year-old teacher, attended an “Arabian Nights” themed costume gala at the West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A spokeswoman for Mr Trudeau’s reelection campaign confirmed that the photo was him.


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