Posted on 10/27/2011 9:39:36 PM PDT by Keltik
Is it OK to dress as an Arab terrorist on Halloween? How about sporting blackface and going as a Jamaican?
A student group in Ohio says no and their campaign has re-ignited the discussion about racism and cultural stereotyping that seems to surface every year when people don costumes for the holiday.
The "We're a culture, not a costume" campaign, by Ohio University's Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS), features posters showing students of various ethnicities holding up photos of people dressed as corresponding stereotypical characters like a Geisha girl and a donkey-riding Mexican. The posters read: "This is not who I am, and this is not OK."
"During Halloween, we see offensive costumes. We don't like it, we don't appreciate it. We wanted to do a campaign about it saying, 'Hey, think about this. It's offensive,'" Sarah Williams, president of STARS, told CNN.
(Excerpt) Read more at torontosun.com ...
Oh cry me a river to these whiny assed people...the pussification of America continues, with these jag-offs at the front of the line..
Is that a shriveled pumpkin? What a novel Halloween idea!
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