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Can a white child dress as a Halloween character from another race?
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 30, 2017 | by Osamudia James, The Washington Post

Posted on 10/30/2017 1:12:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Blackface is as predictable around Halloween as candy, and by now the outrage in response is also pretty predictable.

Plenty of white people, including parents who watched Disney pull its "Maui" zip-up suit costume from store shelves last year in response to accusations of brownface, are probably wondering when, if ever, it's OK to dress up as a figure of another race.

The answer: It depends. Like most issues involving race in our country, avoiding offense at Halloween requires thinking about not just stereotypes or discrimination but also white supremacy.

One problem with racism is that it advances white supremacy -- not just the notion that white people are superior, but also that they are the baseline, the default, the standard in our society.

The tragedy of white supremacy is that it casts whites as ordinarily and fully human, while those of us outside of ordinary -- behind, ahead, exotic or something else altogether -- are denied full humanity.

All this helps us think a little more clearly about Halloween costumes. Sure, dressing up in a stereotype -- a black person as a rapper or an Asian person with a coolie hat -- is offensive, but those are the easy cases. Going deeper: Does your getup present another group as unusual when compared to whites?

Finally, when in doubt, just don't do it. Dealing with power and white supremacy requires caution, and erring on the side of deference is an expression of power we can all get behind.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: costumes; dopeydems; halloween; handwringers; sjw
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Osamudia James
Vice Dean & Professor of Law, University of Miami
Social Justice/Public Interest Concentration Affiliated Faculty
LL.M. 2008, University of Wisconsin Law School
J.D. 2004, Georgetown University Law Center
B.A. 2001, University of Pennsylvania


1 posted on 10/30/2017 1:12:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the clothes fit, I’m pretty sure they can.


2 posted on 10/30/2017 1:15:56 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Leftists destroy yet another cultural emblem, in the name of their twisted politics.


3 posted on 10/30/2017 1:17:57 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just asking that question is a display of Bigotry and racism.

Of Course the kid can!

Are people on the USA going insane?
Are we regressing to tribalism?
Is a segregated society next?

Please call out these type of questions, ‘concerns’, and PC statements for what they are: the very confused thinking of very bigotted and racist persons.


4 posted on 10/30/2017 1:18:24 PM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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...dressing up in a stereotype -- a black person as a rapper

So, dressing up being a 'rapper' thug, wearing your baseball cap backwards or sideways, with lots of fake bling and your pants falling of is a 'stereotype'?................

5 posted on 10/30/2017 1:18:48 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yes.

The end.


6 posted on 10/30/2017 1:19:43 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Once again, democrat ideas produce the opposite of their claims.

This kind of attitude degrades whatever race or culture it presumes to protect. Because it assumes the particular group is extremely weak and fragile.

Have some respect for black people, Miss Osamudia. Stop expecting so little from them.


7 posted on 10/30/2017 1:23:03 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Everything equals white supremacy to racists. Even little kids in Halloween costumes.


8 posted on 10/30/2017 1:25:10 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Can a white child dress as a Halloween character from another race?


I suppose it’s ok, but he probably should use blackface.


9 posted on 10/30/2017 1:26:56 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just another black racist.


10 posted on 10/30/2017 1:27:06 PM PDT by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It comes down to one question : are we under any moral obligation to avoid offending “special snowflakes”?

I say NO!


11 posted on 10/30/2017 1:28:06 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If a little black girl shows up on my front porch dressed as Snow White - I’m gonna sue her.


12 posted on 10/30/2017 1:28:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another race? Well of course there’s NASCAR and some other races.


13 posted on 10/30/2017 1:28:21 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am dressing up as Al Jolsen.
Try and stop me Mammy!


14 posted on 10/30/2017 1:28:40 PM PDT by Candor7 ( (Obama Fascism http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.htm)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the costume is from the Speed race, sure, why not???

15 posted on 10/30/2017 1:29:57 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Red Badger

Can’t be a stereotype. Wiggers are a very real class of people.


16 posted on 10/30/2017 1:30:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Eminem, Vanilla Ice, just to name a couple.................


17 posted on 10/30/2017 1:32:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Candor7

Nobody under 60 would know who you were..................


18 posted on 10/30/2017 1:32:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Suppose I dress up like John Wayne playing the part of Genghis Khan.


19 posted on 10/30/2017 1:34:26 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone tries to burn you out, the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Suppose I dress up as Peter Lorre playing the part of Mr Moto?


20 posted on 10/30/2017 1:35:40 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone tries to burn you out, the best firehose is an AK-47.)
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