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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if blacks can pretend their Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, white kids can pretend to be Cassius Clay...
Yep, yep. That’s one big positive about Soccer - no ads, just continuous action (until halftime anyway).
McCarver! He just is.
“BLMball”: I will be poaching that, thank you!
Very quiet ending, yes.
Again, forgetting about supporting home teams, this World Series was the best one I can remember watching. Congrats, Houston!!!
And there’s a marriage proposal happening.
This is a counterpoint to be made to any argument by a racist, Caucasian-aphobe like the mentally retarded Osama James.
Vanilla and.....cinnamon?
I was gonna call it something else but not here so BLMball. ;d
The Bulls are atrocious.
Her name is Diana Rodriquez.
More like cinnamon and light cinnamon.
It’s a good name, man.
Bulls. Yeah.
Flan, with extra cinnamon. ;d
Muy caliente!!!
I’d like her and some flan...
RE Darvish:
The look on his face was priceless right before he was pulled.
He was like “Duuuuude... I just effed up the World Series....”
Great series, very enjoyable. Two good, tough teams dukeing it out.
Bellinger appears to be the strikeout king for the series...
As long as it’s done explicitly to piss off the leftardniki, I’m all about it...
They need to be irritated at once a day. It’s healthy.
“...Remember, the more they complain the more we do what annoys them....”
That’s been my standard response to them from day one.
Coupled with a hearty, All-American, Time Honored “Go F*** Yourself”, well, how can you NOT have a smile on your face as you walk away to go enjoy a nice, cold beer???
It’s liberating.
RE Caine:
Was GREAT in “Zulu”.
He’s great in pretty much everything he does.
Wow... haven’t seen that one in 30 years.
I enjoyed the Series a lot. Was fun to watch, especially in lieu of the idiots in the NFL pulling their bullsh*t.
As for Darvish - I actually felt bad for the guy; you KNOW he was going to hear about it in the locker room as soon as the game ended.
Again, the look on his face said it all...
I think Zulu was actually his first major movie role.
There’s another one I like “The Eagle Has Landed” - WWII movie about a German unit sent to assassinate Churchill.
Good flick. Caine was excellent as the German commander, a sort of Otto Skorzeny-type character (except without the die-hard Nazi mentality).
An oldie but goodie.
It was VERY refreshing to not have any “perpetually aggrieved” types doing their thing, yes. I’m sure it increased MLB ratings. Watch for NHL ratings to go up too.
Darvish: Yeah...:)
I’ll have to watch them both.
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