2nd photo shows Justin Trudeau at 2001 'Arabian Nights' party, where he seems to be the only one in brownface
Wayback Machine/West Point Grey Academy
An archived newsletter of the school that hosted the 2001 "Arabian Nights" party where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore brownface shows a second image of Trudeau.
The newsletter includes 11 photos, showing about 40 partygoers. Trudeau is the only one in brownface.
Business Insider found the April 2001 edition of West Point Grey Academy's monthly newsletter, which printed pictures of the fundraising gala.
Trudeau admitted on Wednesday that the costume was racist, adding: "I shouldn't have done it. I should have known better, but I didn't."
An archived school newsletter that documented the "Arabian Nights" party where Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore brownface appears to show he was the only guest to do it.
Trudeau on Wednesday admitted that wearing an Aladdin costume and using brown paint on his skin for a gala event at West Point Grey Academy in 2001 was racist, and he apologized.
Images of the party, which was held at Vancouver's Fairmont Waterfront hotel and raised about $160,000 for the school, were published in the school's monthly newsletter in April 2001.
Business Insider unearthed an archived copy of the newsletter, which has 11 photos of the event. The document was stored by the Wayback Machine internet archive, indicating it was once hosted on the school's website; it is no longer there.
The photos show about 40 people at the party. Only Trudeau can be seen in brownface.
Here are some of them:
Wayback Machine/West Point Grey Academy
In 2001, Trudeau was teaching at the private school in western Vancouver. He was 29 when the photo was taken.
Time magazine was the first on Wednesday to publish a photo of the Canadian prime minister in brownface at the party. The photo came from a copy of the school's yearbook, The View.
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Trudeau: "I didn't consider it racist at the time, but now we know better."
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When asked about it by reporters later that day, Trudeau said: "I shouldn't have done it. I should have known better, but I didn't. And I'm really sorry."
