With Halloween coming, lets just define what is Cultural Appropriation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only witches can wear witch costumes.

I know what I'm wearing this Halloween!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM does not need to define cultural appropriation. Plenty of experts have already helped shape these conversations without disgusting and distracting input from trolls.

Take 5 minutes to learn about the subject and then go enjoy a safe Halloween with your children and neighbors.

+1

[Anonymous]

If my child wants to be Moana/Little Mermaid/Tiana/Pocahontas/Mulan,etc, Idgaf. Not painting any faces here.
Asian American FWIW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To me, one can dress up as an actual person - Geronimo or Obama or RBG or Trump or Jose Andres or Miguel from Coco. But, one can not dress up like a generic category of people - Native American, White Person, Black Person, Spanish Person, Gay Person - because to do that is invoking stereotypes and other generalizations.

You're way too sensible for this place. Are you lost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If y'all are that damn scared of being on the wrong end of political correctness then why don't you just stick with traditional Halloween costumes - ghosts and witches and vampires. Far less likelihood that someone will take offense. Don't want your toddler in something scary? Fine, put em in a pumpkin outfit (so cute, love those) or dress them up as an animal or a robot or doctor or an astronaut. My personal non-offensive favorite - Darth Vader. Beauty of Lord Vader is that you can't tell who's underneath the mask so anybody and everybody can rock that costume. Point is, it's not as hard to stay away from potentially controversial costumes as y'all seem to think.

I don't know, PP. What if my cute toddler in a round pumpkin costume happens upon a very obese homeowner, who is sensitive to the fact that he, in fact, does look like a pumpkin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM does not need to define cultural appropriation. Plenty of experts have already helped shape these conversations without disgusting and distracting input from trolls.

Take 5 minutes to learn about the subject and then go enjoy a safe Halloween with your children and neighbors.

What "experts?"

Oh, this should be good.

P.S. Like 11:28, my kids will wear whatever 1) they damn well please or 2) I can put together quickly on a reasonable budget, should I happen to get involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To me, one can dress up as an actual person - Geronimo or Obama or RBG or Trump or Jose Andres or Miguel from Coco. But, one can not dress up like a generic category of people - Native American, White Person, Black Person, Spanish Person, Gay Person - because to do that is invoking stereotypes and other generalizations.

And if you're dressing up as actual person, you don't need to pick things they had no choice over - pick things that they defined about themselves. You don't need to paint your skin black to dress up as Obama or craft a "Jewish nose" to dress up as RBG. Much better to pick something like a Nobel medal and a presidential seal for Obama, and a fancy collar with judicial robes for RBG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me, one can dress up as an actual person - Geronimo or Obama or RBG or Trump or Jose Andres or Miguel from Coco. But, one can not dress up like a generic category of people - Native American, White Person, Black Person, Spanish Person, Gay Person - because to do that is invoking stereotypes and other generalizations.

And if you're dressing up as actual person, you don't need to pick things they had no choice over - pick things that they defined about themselves. You don't need to paint your skin black to dress up as Obama or craft a "Jewish nose" to dress up as RBG. Much better to pick something like a Nobel medal and a presidential seal for Obama, and a fancy collar with judicial robes for RBG.

I am the PP you quoted, adn yes, I totally agree with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Halloween is in 2 months!!! You are worse than a department store with their Christmas trees in October.

1- The Halloween? Wut?
2- ... I mean. it's literally 2 months and 2 days until not just the month of October, but the actual holiday of Halloween. Stores putting out trees in OCtober, for a December 25 holiday is 2 months + up to 24 days. So ding dong youi're wrong.

[Anonymous]

Dressing up as a specific person or specific character? Fine.

Dressing up as some vague, broad, cultural concept or clothing? Absolutely wrong. Other cultures, nationalities, etc are not "costumes."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dressing up as a specific person or specific character? Fine.

Dressing up as some vague, broad, cultural concept or clothing? Absolutely wrong. Other cultures, nationalities, etc are not "costumes."

Thank you so much PP. I am so happy to have your personal approval of my kids' costumes. I can now go on with my day, knowing that you have deemed their ideas 'fine."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dressing up as a specific person or specific character? Fine.

Dressing up as some vague, broad, cultural concept or clothing? Absolutely wrong. Other cultures, nationalities, etc are not "costumes."

Thank you so much PP. I am so happy to have your personal approval of my kids' costumes. I can now go on with my day, knowing that you have deemed their ideas 'fine."

You're welcome. Sometimes other people parent little sh!ts because the parents are big sh!ts themselves. No one likes parenting other people's kids, but if some parents raise their children to be rabid and reckless, I'm more than happy to step up to the plate for where the parents failed to be decent, compassionate, empathetic human beings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids will wear whatever they want. Everyone else can shut up and deal with it. That is all.

I like you.

Me too.

[Anonymous]

This is a different thread. The other thread said little girls can't be Moana or Jasmine or Tiana unless they were POC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me, one can dress up as an actual person - Geronimo or Obama or RBG or Trump or Jose Andres or Miguel from Coco. But, one can not dress up like a generic category of people - Native American, White Person, Black Person, Spanish Person, Gay Person - because to do that is invoking stereotypes and other generalizations.

And if you're dressing up as actual person, you don't need to pick things they had no choice over - pick things that they defined about themselves. You don't need to paint your skin black to dress up as Obama or craft a "Jewish nose" to dress up as RBG. Much better to pick something like a Nobel medal and a presidential seal for Obama, and a fancy collar with judicial robes for RBG.

Yep...that's pretty much all you need to know summarized in 2 posts. But, do whatever you want and deal with the fall out if you're really starving for attention.