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'We're a culture, not a costume' this Halloween
CNN ^
| October 26, 2011
| Emanuella Grinberg
Posted on 10/26/2011 11:21:29 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
(CNN) -- Thinking about donning a kimono to dress like a geisha for Halloween, or a Mexican mariachi suit?
Students from Ohio University have a message for you: "We're a culture, not a costume."
With ethnic and racial stereotypes becoming increasingly popular Halloween costume themes, members of the school's Students Teaching About Racism in Society are launching a campaign to make revelers think twice before reducing a culture to a caricature, the group's president said.
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: cultures; halloween
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To: ConservativeStatement
I GOT YOUR COSTUME IDEAS RIGHT HERE!
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posted on
10/26/2011 11:40:24 AM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: ConservativeStatement
“We’re a culture, not a costume.”
You’re idiots, not intellegent.
Get over yourselves.
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posted on
10/26/2011 11:40:39 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Say NO to the O in 2 oh 12)
To: Allegra
This year I am planning on dressing up as an Occupier.
Not around MY vehicle, please....
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posted on
10/26/2011 11:43:10 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Say NO to the O in 2 oh 12)
To: ConservativeStatement
If I had my way these pathetic wastoids would be wearing Dobermans.
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posted on
10/26/2011 12:04:44 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
To: ConservativeStatement
‘We’re a culture, not a costume’ this Halloween’
Does this mean we will insult CNN and their culture if we wear clown suits for Halloween?
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posted on
10/26/2011 12:05:10 PM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: MEGoody
"We're a culture, not a costume." Bully for you. Just keep in mind, geisha and mariachi ARE part of your cultures.
And in-culture, they ARE costumes.
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posted on
10/26/2011 12:07:39 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
To: ConservativeStatement
How about these two costumes? So fake, yet scary.
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posted on
10/26/2011 12:27:22 PM PDT
by
bgill
(The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
To: IronJack
After seeing pics of Chaz Bono I think she is the latest candidate for the ugly short lesbo category.
28
posted on
10/26/2011 12:31:26 PM PDT
by
linn37
To: Adder; NavyCanDo
This year I am planning on dressing up as an OccupierYou too?
If you and Navy Can Do can find a few more like-minded folks, you can take over a park! :-)
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posted on
10/26/2011 12:32:55 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: ConservativeStatement
"...there are no pervasive stereotypes for whites on the same level that allow for them to be caricatured as a Halloween costume, Cobb said.
That's because races don't have cultures, Nations do, and the fact that this gentleman can't seem to find something that uniquely represents American culture simply means that we don't have one.
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posted on
10/26/2011 12:34:25 PM PDT
by
csense
To: ConservativeStatement
members of the school's Students Teaching About Racism in Society are launching a campaign to make revelers think twice before reducing a culture to a caricaturethese guys didn't get the message...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2011/10/coon-o-ween.jpg
To: ConservativeStatement
These people are sad. They are holding pictures that have offended them and made them sad. They have brown skin because they are minorities. Minorities are often sad because they feel offended.
This is Snooki. She is not sad. She is holding the picture ironically. Although she has brown skin she is not a minority. She is a Guido. Guidos are not sad. Guidos are cool.
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posted on
10/26/2011 1:33:18 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
To: ConservativeStatement
Everyone at Ohio University should dress up in their lederhosen or dirndls and swill beer until they pass out... so other than the Oktoberfest clothes it will be a typical weekend at OU.
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posted on
10/26/2011 2:03:06 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Compare "Delay is preferable to error" - Thomas Jefferson // "Pass this bill now!" - Barack Obama)
To: KarlInOhio
Does the college have a general reputation? Party school? Brainwash U.?
To: ConservativeStatement
Party school. They randomly test students to make sure they have at least the minimum blood alcohol level.
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posted on
10/26/2011 2:27:23 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Compare "Delay is preferable to error" - Thomas Jefferson // "Pass this bill now!" - Barack Obama)
To: Oztrich Boy
Well, this is waht our students are doing while the rest of the world is teaching their students something useful.
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posted on
10/26/2011 4:28:51 PM PDT
by
Niuhuru
(The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I’m dressing as an old fat man again this year.
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posted on
10/26/2011 6:15:36 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Go Steelers (what's the baseball team called again?))
To: MeganC
I think that would count as cruelty to Dobermans.
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posted on
10/26/2011 6:48:07 PM PDT
by
Immerito
(Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
To: MeganC; Immerito
Djinn was "occupying" Odin's spot on the sofa and that didn't work out very well.
:)
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posted on
10/26/2011 7:32:18 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep....the clowns will eat me.)
To: Salamander
No no, you’re misunderstanding. Odhinn is transmitting a top-secret uber-classified communication to Djinn.
Djinn is merely retrieving the hollow milkbone inside Odhinn’s mouth to read the message in secret later.
Personally, I think the goats are the masterminds behind the whole operation. ;-)
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posted on
10/26/2011 7:48:51 PM PDT
by
Immerito
(Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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