![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
A rather good series of posters featuring Halloween costumes that people really should have thought twice about wearing, under the slogan "We're a culture, not a costume":
Blackface? Seriously?
Suicide bombers, geishas, and sombrero-wearing dude (burro included)
Native Americans
I do find it interesting that my reaction to the geisha costume was more muted than my reaction to the others. I mean, if somebody suggested to me that I dress up as a geisha for Halloween, I'd probably say, "Nah, that wouldn't feel right, and anyway, I'd rather be a pirate or a steampunk gothic cowboy or Joan of Arc." (Nevermind that my usual Halloween costume these days is "person who couldn't be bothered with a costume") Whereas a suggestion of any of the other costumes depicted would be met with a "Wow, that's so offensive, I can't believe your head didn't catch on fire the moment you thought that." This may be a cultural blind spot on my part.
Blackface? Seriously?
Suicide bombers, geishas, and sombrero-wearing dude (burro included)
Native Americans
I do find it interesting that my reaction to the geisha costume was more muted than my reaction to the others. I mean, if somebody suggested to me that I dress up as a geisha for Halloween, I'd probably say, "Nah, that wouldn't feel right, and anyway, I'd rather be a pirate or a steampunk gothic cowboy or Joan of Arc." (Nevermind that my usual Halloween costume these days is "person who couldn't be bothered with a costume") Whereas a suggestion of any of the other costumes depicted would be met with a "Wow, that's so offensive, I can't believe your head didn't catch on fire the moment you thought that." This may be a cultural blind spot on my part.
Tags:
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-25 01:40 pm (UTC)I'm cringing and thinking of a friend I know who is from China. She went to a ummm party with the theme of the Oriental Experience? All the women at the umm party were in kimono. And they were all white.
She was there as herself, in men's drag.
It made for an odd evening.
My beloved was the Devilled Egg Man and I was some girl from mad max for an early halloween party this weekend.