Costumes like those worn at Halloween party in Cape Breton should not be treated as a joke, says researcher
CBC NewsJosh HoffmanA researcher studying the rise of extremism in Atlantic Canada warns Ku Klux Klan Halloween costumes are just one example of an insidious effort by far-right groups to normalize hateful attitudes.
Last month, four people donned white robes and pointed hoods at a Halloween party in North Sydney, N.S., prompting outrage and condemnation on social media, and an apology from the local firefighter's club that hosted the event.
David Hofmann, director of criminology at the University of New Brunswick, …
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