http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/10/were-a-culture-not-a-costume-racist-halloween-costumes/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/10/were-a-culture-not-a-costume-racist-halloween-costumes/#comment-1018 Guest Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:32:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11882#comment-1018 And White Chicks! And White Chicks!

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/10/were-a-culture-not-a-costume-racist-halloween-costumes/#comment-1011 Anonymous Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:29:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11882#comment-1011 The whole point of this campaign is to try to instill a sense of thought policing. The creator of this joke also neglected to respond to the nature of what the parodies are criticizing which is the rather selective outrage it portrays. Apparently, my culture is still up for grabs yet we're all "equal." The whole point of this campaign is to try to instill a sense of thought policing. The creator of this joke also neglected to respond to the nature of what the parodies are criticizing which is the rather selective outrage it portrays. Apparently, my culture is still up for grabs yet we’re all “equal.”

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/10/were-a-culture-not-a-costume-racist-halloween-costumes/#comment-1004 Owen Hagood Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:09:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11882#comment-1004 This is not OK to have racist costumes, but there is a movie called "White Man Can't Jump" and that isn't racist?  Racism can be directed toward white people just as much as it can toward any skin color...  And skin color isn't a culture...  It's a skin color and it doesn't matter... This is not OK to have racist costumes, but there is a movie called “White Man Can’t Jump” and that isn’t racist?  Racism can be directed toward white people just as much as it can toward any skin color…  And skin color isn’t a culture…  It’s a skin color and it doesn’t matter…

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/10/were-a-culture-not-a-costume-racist-halloween-costumes/#comment-1005 Owen Hagood Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:09:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=11882#comment-1005 This is not OK to have racist costumes, but there is a movie called "White Man Can't Jump" and that isn't racist?  Racism can be directed toward white people just as much as it can toward any skin color...  And skin color isn't a culture...  It's a skin color and it doesn't matter... This is not OK to have racist costumes, but there is a movie called “White Man Can’t Jump” and that isn’t racist?  Racism can be directed toward white people just as much as it can toward any skin color…  And skin color isn’t a culture…  It’s a skin color and it doesn’t matter…

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