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Journalists of colour are getting a tsunami of hate for unpacking #BlackfaceTrudeau and sharing their experiences of racism in Canada against a backdrop of a disproportionately white media and political space. Read and share their work:
“Whatever points are being won or lost are being marked on the lives of people who most need a government that will defend and support their racialized lives": @vmochama washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
“If Canadians want to continue to brand themselves as the global ambassadors of the most multicultural country in the world, it's time they elect leaders that understand what it means to purport and protect that”: @fatimabsyed nationalobserver.com/2019/09/19/ana…
We are missing the point if this story becomes about Justin Trudeau being unveiled as "a racist". Here is an opportunity to think more deeply about the situation and what allows it to be so. I'm not in any way surprised by the image that has been circulated. /1
North American society is quite focused on identifying people as 'racists' or 'not racists'. Being called racist is considered one of the worst labels you could apply to someone. And yet, we all live, breathe and swim in a soup of structural racism reinforcing racist beliefs. /2
The reason for the crisis is that @JustinTrudeau's image is one of being a 'good person' who identifies as feminist, welcomes immigrants, and reconciliation. So his defenders rush to say, he's not 'a racist' because this is impossible for someone who is a 'good person'. /3
