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:
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.
Trudeau: "I didn't consider it racist at the time, but now we know better."
A victim of the 'progressive' retroactive purity test, the rules to which are updated daily with no one being able to keep up with them.
Identity politics eats its own again. Glorious. pic.twitter.com/ctTgqfVBro
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."
West Point Grey Academy told Business Insider: "We appreciate the concerns that have been raised, as they align with our own values and commitment to inclusion and equality."
"Our 2001 gala event was organized by a culturally diverse group of parent volunteers and was intended to be celebratory and respectful. That said, we recognize cultural sensitivities have evolved over the past 18 years."
