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1/3 #CDNpoli #Trudeau
ICYMI, here is my interview with @canadianglen via YouTube for easy listening
RE Collusion in #CDNmedia #Elxn43 coverage of the #Blackface/#Brownface scandal & #ForeignInterference
My investigation + supporting evidence in #2 & #3
ICYMI, here is my interview with @canadianglen via YouTube for easy listening
RE Collusion in #CDNmedia #Elxn43 coverage of the #Blackface/#Brownface scandal & #ForeignInterference
My investigation + supporting evidence in #2 & #3
2/3 #CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Trudeau
Here is my original investigation into @TIME magazine's coverage of the PMJT #Blackface/#Brownface scandal & issues it raises of #ForeignInterference in #Elxn43
So far 30,000 have read & many reported to @ElectionsCan_E
Here is my original investigation into @TIME magazine's coverage of the PMJT #Blackface/#Brownface scandal & issues it raises of #ForeignInterference in #Elxn43
So far 30,000 have read & many reported to @ElectionsCan_E
@TIME @ElectionsCan_E 3/3 #CDNpoli #Trudeau
And here's the #thread with my release of new evidence that implicates #CDNmedia in collusion with a political party over #Blackface/#Brownface coverage in what appears to be a coordinated #Elxn43 effort
+ Link to @ElectionsCan_E
And here's the #thread with my release of new evidence that implicates #CDNmedia in collusion with a political party over #Blackface/#Brownface coverage in what appears to be a coordinated #Elxn43 effort
+ Link to @ElectionsCan_E
1/20 #CDNpoli #Elxn43 #TrudeauBlackface/#Brownface
Here's the supporting docs to my podcast interview with @canadianglen
The ORIGINAL exposé by Mercedes Stephenson on Global News concealed Conservative Party as source of the racist video depicting PMJT
archive.is/hH1Q3
Here's the supporting docs to my podcast interview with @canadianglen
The ORIGINAL exposé by Mercedes Stephenson on Global News concealed Conservative Party as source of the racist video depicting PMJT
archive.is/hH1Q3
2/20 #CDNpoli #Elxn43 #TrudeauBlackface/#Brownface
That disingenuous story by Mercedes Stephenson was followed up by David Akin, also from Global News
That same afternoon, he told PMJT to step aside & quit the election so someone else could take over LPC
globalnews.ca/video/5925957/…
That disingenuous story by Mercedes Stephenson was followed up by David Akin, also from Global News
That same afternoon, he told PMJT to step aside & quit the election so someone else could take over LPC
globalnews.ca/video/5925957/…
3/20 #CDNpoli #Elxn43 #TrudeauBlackface/#Brownface
Global News then dramatically edited its original story by Mercedes Stephenson, to finally admit they received the PMJT video from Conservative Party
But they concealed that significant edit too #Ethics
archive.is/MVodq
Global News then dramatically edited its original story by Mercedes Stephenson, to finally admit they received the PMJT video from Conservative Party
But they concealed that significant edit too #Ethics
archive.is/MVodq
After reflecting on Trudeau’s #brownface (and now #blackface) scandal, a THREAD:
TL;DR: Racism is systemic. Policies matter. Commit to anti-racism. Amplify racialized voices. Scrutinize for consistency.
Race is complex. Its discourse must meet that complexity, not overlook it.
TL;DR: Racism is systemic. Policies matter. Commit to anti-racism. Amplify racialized voices. Scrutinize for consistency.
Race is complex. Its discourse must meet that complexity, not overlook it.
First, be *aware*. Stop being surprised by events like this. It’s not “shocking” that Trudeau wore blackface; It’s expected. Racism is systemic in Canada. Those who deny it aren’t seeing a different society, they’re simply failing to name it.
Second, be *precise*. Specifically, ask the right questions: Not “is Trudeau racist?” But “how do his actions reflect systemic racism?” And “what are we doing to dismantle that system?” The individualization of racism is what upholds its systemic force.
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
Thread.
1/ Literally every single brown person in SG has said something about brown face and I’m really proud of them and I don’t need to repeat what they said. But let’s talk a little bit about brown skin and what it means. For reference, me at pride in bi pride flag colours.
1/ Literally every single brown person in SG has said something about brown face and I’m really proud of them and I don’t need to repeat what they said. But let’s talk a little bit about brown skin and what it means. For reference, me at pride in bi pride flag colours.
2/ I love my skin colour. Like, I really love it, it is not some kind of fake pride. I think it is one of my best features and truthfully on some days I actually wish I were naturally a little darker and in summer I get my wish. But this hasn’t always been true for me.
3/ growing up in India I was bombarded with colourism. There are a thousand face whitening creams and I certainly tried my share of them. My mother and others taught me to do things to make me look fairer. Coming to Sg, it was even worse because now I was in the minority.
