Ontario NDP candidate drops out over: ‘I want to be a Black woman’ comment [Video]

With one week to go before Ontarians cast their ballots, a white Ontario NDP candidate has dropped out of the race over comments she made at a conference last year in which she expresses a secret desire “to be a Black woman.”

Amanda Zavitz, a sociology professor at Western University running in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London, announced in a Facebook post that she was resigning her candidacy. 

“After further reflection and discussions with community members, I have decided to resign as the Ontario NDP candidate for the upcoming election,” she wrote. “It has become clear that my past comments are distracting from the critical task of defeating Doug Ford and electing an Ontario NDP government.

Her decision to drop out comes a day after she apologized for the comments, also in a Facebook post. 

The controversy began when Progressive Conservatives highlighted a YouTube video of Zavitz speaking at the United …