So my thoughts on the main actors (for what they are worth):
- Trudeau: It was a stupid thing to do for someone who is in the public eye, even back then. The Arabian Nights party was just after his father passed away. I can't help but wonder how PET might have counselled him regarding the wisdom of blackface. That being said, I believe a person can evolve in their sensitivities and grow in maturity. Some allowance should be made for personal development or we are all doomed by our past.
- Singh: The only party leader with a real experience with racism. SIngh brought the problems with racism in Canada into a sharp focus. He has gained stature with his principled agreement to meet Trudeau and accept his apology in private in a setting as non-political as possible.
- May: Pretty much a bystander but she gets credit for saying that the Justin Trudeau she nows now is hard to classify as a racist.
- Scheer: He remains a hypocritcal, anti-abortion homphobe and wannabe cryptofascist false populist. A bit abbreviated but this does the job.
- Bernier: Same as Scheer but at least he is open about it.
- Media: Pretty much gleeful at this opportunity to display their pro-Conservative bias and their envy that he is Justin and they are not.
Will this change my vote? No. I believe Trudeau has matured and sincerely regrets his actions. But he will always have a bit of the doofus about him. And that is the hingepoint. I am not supporting the Liberals because of Trudeaumania v 2.0. If anything I was drawn to the party by the principled intelligent leadership of Stephane Dion. I am supporting the Liberals because it is the best option. There are only 2 contenders in this race. One is flawed but has genuine progressive intent. The other would send Canada into the far right firestorm the most of rest of the world is subject to.
No political party or political leader is perfect and we are governed by very flawed people.
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Am I to believe that there are no plays currently being run that involve actors portraying other races? That’s all the Aladdin picture shows.
There are forces at work here that we are ignoring. Why was this released to the US media first?
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Very good point. He was a drama teacher at the time after all.
There are possibly some external forces driving some of this tempest. But there have been similar in the past and progress will need to occur in the face of these hurdles.
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