Elizabeth May

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the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau has apologized for wearing "brown face"makeup for a gala at a Private School , where he taught nearly two decades ago.

shows Mr. Trudeau with skin-darkening makeup on his face and the hands on the West Point Grey Academy.

addressing The Image , Mr Trudeau said that he "regretted deeply" his actions and "should have known better".

The Prime Minister is fighting for re-election at 21. October.

Mr. Trudeau, son of the late Ex-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau , was 29 when he took part in the gala in The School in Vancouver.

The Image is politically embarrassing for the Prime Minister , because he has made the most progressive policy a signature Problem.

Trudeau respond?

appeared in front of journalists after the time article, Mr. Trudeau said he got dressed up in the photo in an Aladdin costume an Arabian Nights-themed gala.

"I take responsibility for my decision to do this. I should not have done it.

"I should have known better. It was something I didn't think racist at the time, But now I realize that it was something to do with a racist, and I'm deeply sorry. "

If the question is whether there are other opportunities, Mr. Trudeau told reporters he had also worn make-up, when he was a student performing at a talent show in High School .

A picture of this incident has been posted since then on Twitter.

A source confirmed to the BBC that The Image is in fact from the second incident Mr referred to Trudeau.

He was wearing "blackface" and sang day-O is a Jamaican folk song, popularized by American civil rights activist Harry Belafonte .

What's brown face is?

such As "blackface", "brown face" refers to a rule, if someone painted their face dark to someone with a different skin color.

The Practice is in connection with minstrel Performances , which could be seen in the centuries past, white actors with their faces Painted Black , caricature, African-Americans, and cementation of offensive and racist stereotypes.

In recent years there have been several confrontations with politicians, celebrities, and brands accused of "blackface", "brown face" or "yellow face".

On Wednesday, Mr. Trudeau said: "brown face" was "an important thing, which is very hurtful" to "communities and people living with inter-cesarean section professionalities and discriminated against".

Farooq Mustafa, managing Director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said: "If the Prime Minister in the brown face/blackface is deeply sad. The wearing of blackface/brown face is reprehensible, and hearkens back to a history of racism and Oriental mythology, all of which are unacceptable. "

The Council added that it recognised "people can change and develop over two decades". Later apologized promptly.

What has been the political response?

The Image was That of a racist in 2001, and racist is now, said Andrew Scheer , leader of the Conservative opposition.

"What Canadians saw this evening, is someone with a total lack of judgment and integrity and someone who is not fit to govern the country," he said.

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh , a Sikh,

"Every time we hear examples of the brown face or a blackface, it makes a mockery of someone for what They Live and what their experiences are," said Mr. Singh in front of journalists on the electoral campaign in Toronto.

The Image was also Elizabeth May criticized in a tweet by Green Party leader.

Contradicting his brand

analysis of Jessica Murphy, Bbc News , Toronto

It is still too early to say how harmful it was for Justin Trudeau , But there is No Doubt about his hard-fought battle for re-election even harder.

the Canadians have made it clear that, if the Lord does Trudeau something that is contrary to his progressive political brand.

He will also have to explain to the many Canadians from diverse backgrounds, who may feel deeply hurt by The Image .

Jagmeet Singh - who has spoken openly about the racism he saw in Canada , grew up in the Internet wrote that this is "not about the Prime Minister ".

"This is mocked on every young people, torn apart for the color of their skin, The Child who had the turban from your Head . "

'hypocrites' - Canadian media to react said

Brian Lilley , it was a "shocking photos" and that Mr. Trudeau was a "hypocrite".

"Trudeau is not a withdrawal for more that, although he would demand that any other party to, fire any candidate caught in the same situation," he said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Trudeau apology "hits all The Right notes", But still had caused "a real dent in The Strongest part of his armor", as he himself had built as a defender of multiculturalism and tolerance.

- analysis of the impact, said, "Blackface has a long, disturbing history in Canada . "

But , Dr. Cheryl Thompson, who said the phenomenon in Canada , researched the magazine, it "was not nearly as common, denounced in the year 2001, as it is now".

she credited Mr. Trudeau for excuse me clearly, But said they hoped that his colleagues would not "just let it go".

Mr. Trudeau has taken a pro-immigration stance of the Prime Minister and worked to appeal to the ethnic minority of the voters.

But decisions will be costume come under criticism in The Past - also in the case of the 2018 official visit to India, with its extensive selection of traditional Indian outfits were derided as "ridiculously overdressed".

opinion polls show. October, the election will be a tough race for Mr. Trudeau, who is seeking a second term in office.

His campaign got off to a bad start. A bus ferrying journalists collided with The Wing of the Liberal Party 's chartered Boeing in The Past week.

Earlier this year, in the United States,

The photo showed a person who dresses in blackface next to the other in Ku-Klux-Klan.

Mr Northam, first apologized for the photo, But later said he was neither of the pictured men.

However, he said, he had been wearing blackface on a separate occasion, the year, while you are dressing up as Michael Jackson .

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Source of news: bbc.com