Racially insensitive halloween costume?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Someone's heritage or culture should not be used as a Halloween "costume".

Why?

Because its disrespectful.

How's that disrespectful? Is a cowboy costume disrespectful?

Cowboy isn't a heritage or a culture.

Get out of Washington sometime. It absolutely is. Stop being so anthrocentric.

[Anonymous]

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No that's not how it works. People wear Eddie Murphy costumes as Akeem with the tam and vest. Ever see his movie Coming to America? How many guys have worn Braveheart? Should those with Scots ancestors tell their friends of Asian or AA descent they can't go as part of the Braveheart group?

Yes, they should, actually.

I don't understand why "you shouldn't dress up as somebody else's culture for Halloween" is so hard to understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HOw about the burka chick

As an adult, I would wear it to party.

But it does make it hard to drink, and the heat would eventually get to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Someone's heritage or culture should not be used as a Halloween "costume".

co-signed. Because there's nothing at all racist about this: http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/mens-native-american-costume/productinfo/42068/ or this: http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/mens-indian-brave-costume/productinfo/32740/ or the fact that the costume you mentioned pops up when you seach "geisha": http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/red-kimono-princess-costume/productinfo/34987/ I'd avoid that catalog on principle...

You could dress up as any muthafuckin' mythical made up whatever you want, and you pick "caricature of another person's culture" for your kid's costume?

C'mon.

I agree, we only let our kids play "cowboys and alcoholics" as to not offend native Americans. It's heap big fun for them.

[Anonymous]

Come on, everyone knows CARLOS DANGER will be this year's most popular Halloween costume.

[Anonymous]

Barbara Walters (I believe) was interviewing Kirstie Alley. Her parents died in a tragic Halloween accident. They were dressed as a black woman and a ku klux klansmen.

[Anonymous]

The cowboy is an artifact of 19th century Western culture. If all cultural icons are sacred and inviolable, why shouldn't this one be?

[Anonymous]

There's a difference between dressing up as a specific person, and dressing up as a stereotype.

I've seen that catalog, and agree that there are a crazy ton of insensitive "costumes" there.

[Anonymous]

What if she wants to be Mulan?

There. Now you can argue about cultural insensitivity and the evil of Disney. You're welcome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
No that's not how it works. People wear Eddie Murphy costumes as Akeem with the tam and vest. Ever see his movie Coming to America? How many guys have worn Braveheart? Should those with Scots ancestors tell their friends of Asian or AA descent they can't go as part of the Braveheart group?

Yes, they should, actually.

I don't understand why "you shouldn't dress up as somebody else's culture for Halloween" is so hard to understand.

I used that real life example. It would have been incredibly rude for my son and any others with any Scotts ancestors to tell that to the other guys. Oh Oh. What if hundreds of years ago there ancestors were in the Borderlands?

[Anonymous]

My AA friend has an Oktoberfest party every year and dresses up in Leiderhosen. I guess I should be offended since I am of German heritage?

[Anonymous]

Would you dress your child in black face, like Al Jolson?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone's heritage or culture should not be used as a Halloween "costume".

co-signed. Because there's nothing at all racist about this: http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/mens-native-american-costume/productinfo/42068/ or this: http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/mens-indian-brave-costume/productinfo/32740/ or the fact that the costume you mentioned pops up when you seach "geisha": http://www.chasing-fireflies.com/red-kimono-princess-costume/productinfo/34987/ I'd avoid that catalog on principle...

You could dress up as any muthafuckin' mythical made up whatever you want, and you pick "caricature of another person's culture" for your kid's costume?

C'mon.

This is why DCUM has turned into such a lowbrow forum. Was this really necessary? Jeez! I'll bet you were throwing up gang signs while saying it...

[Anonymous]

It wouldn't even occur to me that dressing up in a kimono might be racially insensitive. How is this making fun of Japanese people?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So my Highland Lass costume was culturally insensitive? My neighbor's Leiderhosen as a halloween costume was culturally insensitive? What if it was a Highland Lass Zombie?

Do you have a connection with Scottish culture, on days that are not Halloween? Then you can wear a Highland Lass costume. Does your neighbor have a connection with German culture, on days that are not Halloween? Then your neighbor can wear Lederhosen as a costume. See how that works?

Ridiculous!