Comments on: ‘We’re a Culture, Not a Costume’ Raises Halloween Debate (Poll)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:57:00 +0000

Alright folks, thanks for all of the comments, but now that Halloween has passed us, we’re going to close them on this post. Some of these comments thought-provoking and generating good discussion, but others are veering off into name-calling.

By: UMAD

UMAD — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:25:00 +0000

gingers have no souls
white girls are bimbos and trash
black people are gangsters
jews are greedy
asians speak engrish no good
indian girls have moustaches
english have bad teeth
canadians…..what are canadians?

By: Uno

Uno — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:01:00 +0000

I think stereotypes are funny.

By: Tak

Tak — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:59:00 +0000

Ok really? Get over it. Slavery was years and years ago. You think that because of what peoples ancestors did, that they own you because yours were treated badly? The Roman Empire had all sorts of different ethnicitys of slaves. Black people are not the only ones to have ever been slaves. Why don’t you look up some of the toture devices the Romans used on their slaves.

By: guesty

guesty — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:52:00 +0000

I am white and I have been picked on all my life by all kinds of different races. Must I gives examples? White people are not the only ones who can be racist. I think everyone needs to cool it. I mean, the word “racist” is beginning to lose it’s meaning. You have been using it too many times. I seen countless costumes of “hicks” and “hillbillys” potraying white people. I don’t care! Get a grip. It’s life. You are going to run into assholes but are you going to whine about it everytime?

By: Annes76

Annes76 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:39:00 +0000

Can someone please explain to me what is so great about dressing up as a stereotype? I mean, the group being stereotyping is saying, “We don’t appreciate it this, please stop.” Instead of listening to the groups being stereotyped and thinking about how it affects another person, jerks honestly believe that their right to dress up as a stereotype and look like an ass is more important than being respectful to the people whose culture they are denigrating. Is respecting other people not like you less important than your “right” to disregard what is being stated to you and continue to perpetuate negativity about a group of people? C’mon, people. THINK. Would you like this to be done to you over and over and over and over?

By: psychobabbled

psychobabbled — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:31:00 +0000

Hard enough being a white male? You’re hilarious. Trying being anything but that, you would die after three days of reality.

By: Neldo

Neldo — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:00:00 +0000

White privilege is about this: statistically a randomly chosen white person will be doing better than a randomly chosen black person. That, put in the exact same position, a white person will find it easier to get help and be cared about by strangers than a black person. That being white is considered “normal”. That more people will trust a white person over a black person. That being white makes it easier to access educational, employment and promotion opportunities than a black person in the same situation. That being white means you’re less likely to get found guilty, likely to get a lighter prison sentence and less likely to receive the death penalty for the same crime. That being white means you can run to catch a bus or drive a fancy car without being stopped and searched by the police. That you will have received a lot less name calling, less black eyes and less exclusion in your life purely because of the color of your skin. That you won’t have the people who enslaved and lynched your ancestors, turned the hose on your grandparents, and made every step of the way a struggle for your parents now stand in front of you, dressed in the way that has been used to make fun of your culture for decades, telling you its “just a bit of fun”.

I’m a white, heterosexual, middle class man in a professional job who comes from a stable household with two loving parents. I was born about as privileged as they come. I tell you this not because of pride in who I am. A lot of what I have achieved in life has been down to this privilege and this privilege could not exist without white, straight, middle class men trampling all over other nations and ethnicities, women, people of other sexualities, the working class and anyone that they could gain use from without giving anything back. I tell you this to show that I recognize the unfair advantage I have over others. That while I can’t change who I am, I can help to change what it means. We can all say we are anti-racist, but racism doesn’t stop at the n-word. Until we recognize and address the prejudice we don’t even notice, we can never truly be equal.

By: Slim_buttons

Slim_buttons — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:45:00 +0000

I honestly think the people who put together this campaign are sick of people like you thinking it’s okay to be insensitive and proudly display your ignorance. Try taking a diversity class. Then comment.

By: SMH

SMH — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:43:00 +0000

While I don’t think it is racist to dress up as another race, I do believe it is insensitive. You don’t see non-white people painting their skin white when they dress up as white characters or celebrities. What happened to thinking? Do people think anymore? Sorry, but we are not past racial issues, and if you think we are, just look at some of the posts on this blog alone or read the comments on the latest trending news article. Even when it has nothing to do with race, people will make it about race. Ignorance abounds, and dressing up in black face or as a non-white person for Halloween only exacerbates the ignorance. It does not abate it. Oh and Halloween should not be used as a guise to display ignorance.