A group of men wearing identical white masks stapled posters with the slogan “It’s okay to be white,” on poles throughout downtown Halifax on Wednesday night, sparking concerns of racism.
Jody Corkum had just finished his dinner at a Barrington Street restaurant when he saw “four or five” men in masks and dark clothing. At first he thought they were Halloween revellers.
“But they’re posting stuff along the way as they’re walking down the street,” he said. “When I looked at the poster… it says ‘It’s okay to be white.'”
He found the message disturbing for its “undertones” of racial intolerance.
