[Mustangman]

I still don’t see what is wrong with wearing black face when you are dressing up for Halloween? It’s a dress-up night.....right? People dress up like Trump, Obama, Aunt Jamima, the Incredibles, Pocahauntus...etc. Is Aunt Jamima from the pancake mix considered to be a racists character? To me...she was the lady on the pancake box.....akin to Colonel Sanders or Ronald McDonald. What about dressing as Piratte or a Viking? We have fun with these sorts costumes and images in our culture, but the truth is real pirates and Vikings did some pretty terrible stuff in their day. Where does it end? True racism should be condemned, obviously, but simply acknowledging race in a costume is not racism.....it’s fun...or it used to be. The political left has gone absolutely nuts.

[Anti-Bubba182]

It should not be that big a deal, BUT NBC wanted her gone and she made a teary abject apology that served her on a plate to them. If it wasn't a big deal why did she crawl and eat poop on national TV the lawyers would say.

She had few friends over there and alienated the few she made.

I think she will get her money and she better make it last.

[libertylover]

Liberals ruin everything.

[Avalon Memories]

True racism should be condemned

Because the term "racism" has been so vastly overused, I no longer know what it is.

[DoodleBob]

Some people are always offended (snowflakes) and some people are rarely offended (Howard Stern). The line of rationality and good taste that separates these two groups and where blackface rests on that continuum is the crux of the debate.

I find people dressed up as pregnant nuns to be offensive...yea yea, I get it, nuns are supposed to be celibate but this one did the deed it's funny ha ha ha. I suspect other costumes in a similar manner are also offensive, i.e. a rabbi eating bacon, Hitler and Anne Frank. Now, I don't run up to such people and lecture them, but I sure won't invite them to my barbecue and I probably would give them a rock instead of candy.

At the same time this list of "offensive" costumes was clearly compiled by someone who doesn't get out much. Further, if a white kid dressed up as Hendrix and was in black face or if a black kid dressed up as Frank Zappa and was in white face, would people be angry nowadays? I hope not.

Indeed, many people don't think Halloween should be celebrated AT ALL. Personally, as long as the government stays out of this debate I'm happy for it to remain the domain of us "little people."

[Bonemaker]

“I still don’t see what is wrong with wearing black face...”

I don’t think that was the reason...only the pretext. That#’s too chicken shit even for the PC crowd. There must have been some deeper behind the scenes issues.

[Will88]

Is Aunt Jamima from the pancake mix considered to be a racists character?

Probably. I"be heard Aunt Jemima used as the female equivalent of Uncle Tom.

[Hardastarboard]

One of the heroes of "Gone with the Wind" was Mammy (Hattie McDaniel, who won an Academy Award for the role). She showed some of the stereotypes in language and dress, but also displayed amazing strength, humanity and courage. Portraying her at Halloween would be a tribute to a great American film character.

And probably get your ass kicked.

[dsc]

“Is Aunt Jamima from the pancake mix considered to be a racists character?”

My son was dripping blood in the ER when the admin woman asked him his religion. He answered, “I’m a Jemimah’s Witness. We worship pancakes.”

People are afraid to have a sense of humor these days, and I absolutely hate it.