Toronto school staff member allegedly caught in blackface placed on home assignment
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A staff member at a west-end Toronto high school has been placed on home assignment after he was allegedly found to be wearing blackface amid Halloween celebrations on Friday.
A staff member at a west-end Toronto high school has been placed on home assignment after he was allegedly found to be wearing blackface amid Halloween celebrations on Friday.
In a letter addressed to parents, guardians and students of Parkdale Collegiate Institute, located just south of Queen Street and east of Roncesvalles Avenue, Principal Julie Ardell said that a “number of students” alerted the vice principal that a white staff member was in blackface.
Ardell said immediate steps were taken to address the incident, including having the staff member wash their face as to “not cause further harm.”
“Caricatures of peoples’ race or culture are not appropriate and are offensive and hurtful. Regardless of whether this was intended or not, it was racist and dehumanizing,” Ardell wrote.
