A Canadian university is under fire after a group of students in blackface won an on-campus costume contest, according to local Canadian news outlets. The Brock University students were reportedly dressed as the Jamaican bobsled team (popularized by the 1993 film "Cool Runnings") and appear to have painted their bodies black as part of their costume. They reportedly won a costume contest at the Brock student union, where the winner was determined by applause from the audience. Here's a picture of the offensive costume, via a Brock University professor: .@BrockBUSU @BrockUniversity Is it true these students were awarded $500 for best costume? #BrockU #blackface pic.twitter.com/m60F9HSMDT — Larry Savage (@Prof_Savage) November 1, 2014 A group of Brock professors wrote an open letter on Facebook criticizing the students' use of blackface and the university's perceived lack of response to the incident: (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Post by Brock Labour Studies . SEE ALSO: Dartmouth Faculty Overwhelmingly Vote To Recommend End Of College's Greek System FOLLOW US! Check Out BI Colleges On Facebook Join the conversation about this story »
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