Controversial images of Canadasa国际传媒檚 prime minister as a younger man in brownface and blackface have struck a nerve with North-Okanagan Shuswap candidate Harwinder Sandhu.
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Sandhu first read the news about the controversial photos on Wednesday, Sept. 18, after she arrived home from work.
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After immigrating from India to Canada in 2001, Sandhu was widowed at an early age. She moved to Vernon to be with her kids and has since remarried and raised her family. Aside from her candidacy for the North Okanagan-Shuswap NDP, Sandhu is a registered nurse and works with organizations like the BC Nurses Union to advocate for health-care workers and patients.
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While she has tried to give Trudeau the benefit of the doubt, ultimately it is the years of racism she has experienced that has helped her come to terms with the news.
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After reading the comments below articles about the controversy, she is devastated to see people writing to say there are other problems that politicians should be focused on.
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