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.
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.
That’s what I was thinking. Most of the time when I see these black face photos surface the make up is like super patchy, clearly applied as like a last minute goof.
This shit looks professionally done. Look how well it’s done on his hands especially. This took hours and at no point did he think “mayhap, just mayhap, I should consider a different costume, given I clearly have political aspirations”
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That must have taken a long time to plan and apply. And that whole time he just kept thinking it was a good idea…
That’s what I was thinking. Most of the time when I see these black face photos surface the make up is like super patchy, clearly applied as like a last minute goof.
This shit looks professionally done. Look how well it’s done on his hands especially. This took hours and at no point did he think “mayhap, just mayhap, I should consider a different costume, given I clearly have political aspirations”