Teacher wearing blackface at Toronto school for Halloween put on home assignment

Nov 1, 2021

A Toronto District School Board teacher has been placed on home assignment after he showed up to class wearing blackface makeup as part of a Halloween costume, the school’s principal said.

In a letter sent to parents, Julie Ardell — the principal for Parkdale Collegiate Institute — said a student had alerted the vice principal that a white staff member was in blackface on Friday, the last school day before Halloween, when staff and students typically dress up for Halloween.

“Caricatures of peoples’ race or culture are not appropriate and are offensive and hurtful,” Ardell wrote.

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