— A South Dakota man has apologized after his racially insensitive Halloween costume caused a backlash on social media. The man pictured identifies himself on Twitter and Facebook as South Dakota State University student Cole Paulson, though the school said he isn’t currently enrolled and couldn’t immediately confirm whether he previously attended the school, the Argus Leader reported . Paulson apologized, telling the newspaper that feels “terrible” for wearing blackface while insisting that he had no racist intentions. “I will be completely honest and tell you I was ignorant to the fact as to painting my face like that was racist,” he said. … I was contacted almost immediately about how it was wrong and proceeded to wash it off before I went anywhere.

Source: National Post October 30, 2017 22:07 UTC