Carlos Marrero, a Cuban comedian known for performing in blackface, was scheduled to perform in Mississauga on Saturday night. ( Gustavo Rios / Youtube )A blackface performance scheduled to headline a Spanish-language comedy show in Mississauga has been cancelled after backlash from the GTA’s Latin American community. As a compromise, Marano cancelled Marrero and cut the blackface act from the show. Saturday’s performance will now feature only comedian and celebrity impersonator Gustavo Rios, Marano said. Jiménez, who co-chairs the Latin American education advocacy group LAEN, said she wants Saturday’s comedy show to be cancelled outright, even without the blackface component.

Source: thestar June 03, 2017 00:11 UTC