Juno News - September 23, 2019


Liberal MP says Trudeau's blackface was ＂not about mockery＂


Episode Stats

Length

48 seconds

Words per Minute

153.11203

Word Count

123

Sentence Count

6


Summary

The Prime Minister's blackface scandal has caused a stir, but is it really such a big deal? What does the public think about it? Is it even a thing at all? And what does the media have to say on the matter?


Transcript

00:00:00.000 How are you hearing, if at all, from constituents about the news of the Prime Minister this
00:00:09.160 past week and those past photos that emerged of him in blackface?
00:00:13.080 It was mostly dismissed as a waste of everybody's time, something that happened 20 years ago.
00:00:20.500 People really understood that this was not about mockery.
00:00:25.680 It was an Arabian Nights costume, and that's the end of it.
00:00:31.200 So I have to honestly tell you, the people that I've talked to don't even want to talk
00:00:37.240 about it.
00:00:38.240 They think it's so silly.
00:00:39.240 The Prime Minister himself said it was racist though, so is it fair to say it's no big deal?
00:00:45.640 You asked me what my people told me and I told you.