Macleans: Innocent Halloween costume or blackface?
U of Toronto students who dressed up as “Jamaican Bobsled Team” spark contentious debate
A townhall meeting was held at the University of Toronto last night to discuss a controversial Halloween costume choice that some have called “blackface.”
On October 29, a group of students dressed up as “The Jamaican Bobsled Team” for a Halloween pub night organized by three U of T colleges. Four men darkened their faces (and one lightened his face) to look like the characters from the movie Cool Runnings.
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