Weird jokes, objectionable attire trip up Canada's Trudeau again

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Trudeau said he did not realise at the time how offensive blackface was and asked Canadians for forgiveness.

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in major political trouble just weeks before facing voters, tripped up by a penchant for poor jokes and dressing up that have let him down before and are now raising accusations of racial insensitivity.

"If he really claims ignorance, then he was living in some strange sheltered world," said Ladonna James, a brand and marketing executive in Toronto."Because otherwise, you cannot claim ignorance on that. He's an educator. And his father was the prime minister, who was loved by immigrants.” The prime minister himself acknowledged the issue last year after he interrupted a woman who used the word"mankind," saying he preferred"peoplekind" instead.

"He is not naturally funny and it doesn't come easily to him and I think he tries too hard," said a second Liberal.

 

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