Is this costume PC?
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Anonymous
| Cleopatra? |
Anonymous
| It's fine but somebody will find something to freak out about it. |
Anonymous
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Just clothing costume?
How about with makeup? Wig? Darkening your natural skin tone? |
Anonymous
| Don't darken your skin. Historians think that Cleopatra was Macedonian Greek. |
Anonymous
| Will be a problem for the gender neutral set. |
Anonymous
| Cleopatra was a Ptolemy. She was Greek. Maybe it’ll piss off Greeks as cultural appropriation?? Everyone finds everything offensive. |
Anonymous
| Fine |
Anonymous
| Absolutely not. Literally thousands of non racist costumes out there and you think of this one? |
Anonymous
How is dressing like cleopatra racist? |
Anonymous
Greek here. Meh. I don’t care about costumes. However, I am annoyed when people say they are Greek, refer to a Greek sibling and are talking about fraternity/sorority. That bugs me for some reason. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| Yes it’s fine just don’t “walk like an Egyptian” |
Anonymous
| It's fine. Dressing like a specific historical person isn't racist (assuming you don't do something stupid like darken your skin or rely on inaccurate and offensive stereotypes about how people looked/dressed/etc.) Also, Cleopatra was Greek, not Egyptian. |
Anonymous
| We know Cleo was Macedonian Greek through her father's line, but her mother's heritage is unknown. Much speculation about a different racial lineage through the material line. So an open question, and why many are sensitive about it. |
Anonymous
*maternal |