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Moms are freaking out that ‘Moana’ costume is ‘cultural appropriation’
New York Post ^ | October 16, 2017 | Jane Ridley

Posted on 10/22/2017 9:30:32 AM PDT by Simon Green

The scariest thing this Halloween for New York moms isn’t zombies or ghouls — it’s politically incorrect costumes.

An article on raceconscious.org by Sachi Feris has been making the rounds on mommy Facebook groups. Feris writes that her 5-year-old daughter declared she wanted to be Polynesian Disney character Moana, which she worried would be “cultural appropriation.”

Her daughter’s other choice: Scandinavian Queen Elsa from the Disney movie “Frozen.”

“I had some reservations regarding both costume choices … about cultural appropriation and the power/privilege carried by Whiteness, and about Whiteness and standards of beauty,” she wrote.

Feris went on to describe a series of conversations with her daughter, particularly focusing on the ethics of dressing as Moana, who as a teen sets out on a treacherous sea journey to save her family’s island from famine and destruction — and succeeds.

In the end, Feris’s daughter decided to dress as Elsa — though Feris was concerned it might teach her short-haired brunette daughter that one must be white, blue-eyed and have long flaxen hair to be a “beautiful” princess.

But she nixed the Moana costume for Mickey Mouse, because, as Ferris wrote, “we don’t have to worry about making fun of anyone or dressing up as a culture different from our own because Mickey Mouse is a pretend mouse!

“One thing is for sure, our discussions around appropriate and inappropriate Halloween costumes will continue,” concluded Feris.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: disney; dizzydames; halloween; handwringers; moana
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To: Bonemaker
“Make the kid go as a vampire, ghoul, zombie, skeleton, Frankenstein’s monster or something. How is some princess scary?”

Or the scariest of all...as a democrat!

Now, now....there's such a thing as going too far.

41 posted on 10/22/2017 10:27:43 AM PDT by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

But she’s OK with a Mickey Mouse costume. The first thing that enters my mind when I hear “Mickey Mouse” is “gay days” at Disney parks. We haven’t entered a Disney movie or park since the mid-’90s.


42 posted on 10/22/2017 10:28:10 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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To: Bonemaker
You could spice up a Democrat outfit to make it less scary:


43 posted on 10/22/2017 10:30:22 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Simon Green

And to think I was Willie Mays for Halloween when I was ten. My mom used a burnt cork to darken my skin. He was my first sports hero, I had it all, except talent of course: uniform, bat, glove, etc.


44 posted on 10/22/2017 10:32:24 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: FreedomPoster

The concept of cultural appropriation is laughable.

Ultimately I need nothing from other cultures, and yet they need almost everything from mine.

It’s merely a tool for the leftists, and a crutch for failed individuals who can”t make the cut.


45 posted on 10/22/2017 10:33:18 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: Simon Green

Same people thay have no problem with ‘gender appropriation’..


46 posted on 10/22/2017 10:34:12 AM PDT by snappahead (if your gonna be dumb, you better be tough.)
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To: TomGuy

Such terms only work because WE allow them to work.

Exactly! Just tell them to get back to reality or go to hell then do what you damn well please!


47 posted on 10/22/2017 10:35:48 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
We haven’t entered a Disney movie or park since the mid-’90s.

I was in Disneyland Paris just last month. Very nice park, though I wouldn't make a trip for the sole purpose of visiting it.

48 posted on 10/22/2017 10:36:07 AM PDT by Simon Green
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To: snappahead
Same people thay have no problem with ‘gender appropriation’..

Booooyah!

49 posted on 10/22/2017 10:36:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Simon Green; All

I’d think this character would be a GREAT one for little girls to emulate. Powerful, pretty and she gets the job done!

But, what do I know? FemiNazis are SO much smarter than all of the rest of us, combined.

*Rolleyes*


50 posted on 10/22/2017 10:36:17 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: ameribbean expat

“If Frederica (All Hat, No Cattle) Wilson can wear a cowboy hat, little girls can be whatever they want for Halloween.”

Post Of The Day! :)


51 posted on 10/22/2017 10:37:25 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I’d think this character would be a GREAT one for little girls to emulate. Powerful, pretty and she gets the job done!

"Pretty"? That's lookism!

(wagging finger)

52 posted on 10/22/2017 10:38:23 AM PDT by Simon Green
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To: 4Liberty

Your post is a tour de force of white people problems!

Hilarious, but the subtext is just sad, sad, sad.


53 posted on 10/22/2017 10:38:54 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: Simon Green

These are cartoons. Not culture. Friggin’ morons.


54 posted on 10/22/2017 10:47:23 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: dragonblustar

Reminds me of the crack Bob Hope made in a movie. They were on an Island of Zombies and when Hope heard the description about the characteristics of Zombies, he replied..”What you mean like Democrats?”. I nearly split my gut watching that!


55 posted on 10/22/2017 10:54:40 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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To: Simon Green
An article on raceconscious.org by Sachi Feris has been making the rounds on mommy Facebook groups.

http://www.raceconscious.org

Oh, this place is a hoot!

56 posted on 10/22/2017 11:01:36 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Simon Green

I’m sure this mom is teaching her daughter the importance of “virtue signaling” without dealing with the uncomfortable area of actual Virtue.


57 posted on 10/22/2017 11:08:45 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: dragonblustar

Maybe include an ‘I’m With Her’ sticker.


58 posted on 10/22/2017 11:40:15 AM PDT by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: oldvirginian

I am beginning to call liberals Secular Puritans. They are the .... in the Punchbowl.


59 posted on 10/22/2017 11:51:12 AM PDT by taterjay
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To: Simon Green

It’s culturally inappropriate to comment on cultural impropriety.


60 posted on 10/22/2017 11:56:23 AM PDT by onedoug
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