TORONTO —
A employees member at a west-end Toronto highschool has been positioned on residence project after he was allegedly discovered to be carrying blackface amid Halloween celebrations on Friday.
In a letter addressed to folks, guardians and college students of Parkdale Collegiate Institute, situated simply south of Queen Road and east of Roncesvalles Avenue, Principal Julie Ardell stated {that a} “variety of college students” alerted the vice principal {that a} white employees member was in blackface.
Ardell stated fast steps have been taken to deal with the incident, together with having the employees member wash their face as to “not trigger additional hurt.”
“Caricatures of peoples’ race or tradition aren’t acceptable and are offensive and hurtful. No matter whether or not this was meant or not, it was racist and dehumanizing,” Ardell wrote.
The varsity stated it has since filed a report with the Toronto District Faculty Board as per its Reporting and Responding to Racism and Hate Incidents Involving or Impacting College students in Faculties Process.
Within the meantime, the employees member, who just isn’t recognized within the letter, has been positioned on paid residence project as an investigation into the incident will get underway.
“On behalf of Parkdale CI, I acknowledge and remorse the hurt this incident has brought on to college students, employees and households and our shared college local weather,” stated Ardell. “Whereas we now have begun the work of addressing anti-Black racism and all types of discrimination, it’s clear that we should do extra.”
A petition has been created within the aftermath of the incident wherein organizers lay out a listing of calls for of the TDSB to deal with racism and discrimination they are saying exists within the board’s school rooms.
