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.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Justin Trudeau does it: it’s a hitjob by cons

    This fuckhead does it: kill him.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 day ago

      As far as I can tell there’s general outrage about both. Although keeping score, this guy did it a decade or more later.