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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You couldn't just google "racist halloween costume" and answer this one yourself, OP?

http://gawker.com/5672914/is-your-halloween-costume-racist/  http://www.teachforamerica.org/blog/your-halloween-costume-racist

Nearly every link posted by that irate and ignorant PP fails the test.  An exception, "English Nanny," is Mary Poppins without having to pay Disney for the title.

This is why a PP told you that the costume you've selected isn't an accurate depiction of Pocahontas.

This really isn't that complicated.

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From the very first link:
[b]Possible exception: You are going in a large group that includes Peter Pan, Wendy, and Tinkerbell. Then you're a specific person, Tiger Lily![/b]
[harem girl is out] [b]You may, however, dress as the main character from I Dream of Jeannie. [/b]

So OP's costume choice is acceptable according to those "tests" -- her daughter wants to dress up as Pocahontas. [/quote]

Pocahontas (unlike Peter Pan, Wendy, Tinkerbell, and the main character from I Dream of Jeannie) was actually a real actual person, in addition to a Disney movie character.

If OP's daughter wants to dress up as Pocahontas the Disney movie character, that's not the right costume (because Pocahontas the Disney movie character wears a tight little one-shoulder number made of 95% deerskin, 5% Lycra).

If OP's daughter wants to dress up as Pocahontas the real actual person, that's also not the right costume. Maybe the OP and the OP's daughter could do some research on what Pocahontas the real actual person might have worn?[/quote]

I'm currently reading "The True Story of Pocahontas -The Other Side of History" by Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow and Angela L. Daniel "Silver Star". 
http://www.amazon.com/True-Story-Pocahontas-History-ebook/dp/B0028ADK1G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=

It's totally inappropriate for children.[/quote]

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