Have you ever dressed up for Halloween or college party in a racially sensitive costume?

[Anonymous]

Yep. Aa woman here. Dressed as a Klansman to be passive aggressive to my neighbor, who was a klansman and was harassing us. He got the point.

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In elementary every year for thanksgiving we dressed up as pilgrims and Indians. If you were an Indian you wore a paper bag you got to decorate and a feather head dress you made. I don’t recall anyone using brown makeup though.

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No. I am 35 and in elementary school a classmate dressed up in blackface to be Michael Jordan. I think it was in 3rd grade and I didn’t know anything about blackface but I remember being horrified because it seemed so insensitive. I’ve never dressed up in a costume I’d be embarrassed by now.

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My husband went as flavor flav in college. No black face or hair style, just a velour track suit and a giant clock necklace. Is that bad? (He’s white). I feel like it’s different because he was dressing up like a celebrity, not saying being black is a costume.

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Anonymous wrote:I dressed as Princess Jasmine as a kid and I'm not Arab....?

No Arab dresses like Princess Jasmine.

I especially hate the Disney objectification of non-white women. Ugh.

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Anonymous wrote:I went as Stevie Nicks one year but a lot of people thought I was a gypsy. Does that count?

I actually went as a gypsy when I was a kid in the 80s. Happy to blame my parents for that one.

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Friends of mine dressed as a priest (him) and a boy (her).

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Anonymous wrote:Yep. Aa woman here. Dressed as a Klansman to be passive aggressive to my neighbor, who was a klansman and was harassing us. He got the point.

Only offensive to racists. You're my hero. I'm so sorry you were exposed to that level of a disgusting human being.

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Anonymous wrote:I went as static cling for years because it was easy. Also, a black eyed pea. Not offensive.

Black eyed pea was likely offensive as a form of cultural appropriation.

You need to educate yourself.

I’m AA. Black eyed peas are eaten all over the world. I’ve had them in Indian dishes. There are many AA that don’t feel a cultural affinity to them because they are communities without a link to the South.

I've always assumed it's a southern culture thing and maybe a class thing? My dad (white) grew up poor in the south and liked black eyed peas. I've never lived in the south myself so just kind of what I've assumed from having them infrequently as a child.

[Anonymous]

Couple years ago when my toddler fell in love with a dog costume, I put a leash on her and dressed in my pjs and bathrobe. I'm pretty sure that's offensive to DCUM in all kinds of ways.

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I know someone who went to a college party in blackface. I later saw him getting a BJ from a black classmate. (Went in the bathroom to pee and they were in a stall and i could see her knees on the filthy fraternity bathroom floor).

He later went to HBS - I’d love for photos to resurface. He was (is) an awful person and I don’t know how he’s hidden it for so long.

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Anonymous wrote:Couple years ago when my toddler fell in love with a dog costume, I put a leash on her and dressed in my pjs and bathrobe. I'm pretty sure that's offensive to DCUM in all kinds of ways.

Yes extremely wrong and offensive

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Anonymous wrote:Friends of mine dressed as a priest (him) and a boy (her).

You do see how offensive this would be to any/all people of faith, right?

Not just Christians.

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Anonymous wrote:In college we dressed up as cowboys and Indians for a Greek mixer. Also pilgrims and Indians another year.

We had theme parties often, not sure these would count as offensive:
Barbie and Ken
Nerds revenge
Stepford wives and business men
Great Gatsby

For what it’s worth I’m now 35.

I'm 38 and all of our Greek parties with themes always ended in "and hoes" did yours?

GI Joes & Army Hoes
Golf Pros & Tennis Hoes
Banker Bros & Stepford Hoes
CEOs & Secretary Hoes
Ken Bros & Barbie Hoes
Service Pros & Stay at Home Hoes

I hope to god none of my kids ever go Greek.

Hahaha yes!!! You remembered them much better than I did but I nodded my head the whole way down the list.

Really? Where was this and when? I was Greek in the early ‘90s and we had none of this.

[Anonymous]

Let's cancel 100th day of school when teachers and students dress as 100 year olds to include walkers with tennis balls, canes, gray wigs or white hairspray, bald caps, ratty cardigans, fake eyeglasses, orthopedic shoes.

It's hilarious to mock and disparage the elderly! I'm not easily offended, but this is awful and has somehow escape death scorn and criticism.