Poll: Students launch a poster campaign against racist costume

[999realthings]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2053134/Students-launch-poster-campaign-racist-Halloween-costumes.html
I gotta this have to one of the most pointless and trying to hard to be politically correct things I have seen in a while.
While the Arab suicide bomber costume is offensive and probably shouldn't be worn, everything else is quite tame. The geisha outfit, the Mexican outfit and maybe the ghetto outfit.
Personally, I'm Asian and I went to Halloween as a Viet Cong. So people need to get over and have laugh in life or am I being to racially insentive

 

[chiggerwood]

This is stupidity on the grandest of scales. If you're that offended by a Halloween costume, please get your head out of your ass. There are real racist in the world that you could be protesting; there are actual injustices that you could stand up against. Sex slavery, starvation, AIDS and holocaust denial, human rights violations the list goes on and on. Why not put your time, money, and energy into something worthwhile!?

I have no idea why this got me so worked up.

 

[999realthings]

This would campaign feels like some previliged upper-middle class kids would do.
"WE HAVE TO RIGHT ALL THE INJUSTICE IN THE WOLRD BY PROTESTING AGAINST RACIST COSTUMES"

This video make some really funny points:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v04IdNPuMlc&feature=channel_video_title

 

[EHKOS]

Yeah, we know most middle eastern people aren't suicide bombers. Which is why we don't dress up as them. We dress up as SUICIDE BOMBERS. It doesn't matter what your skin color is, as long as you're wearing dynamite.

 

[Savagezion]

Ah, society, the fucked up wretches. Shouldn't there be white guy holding a picture of a successful business man with a briefcase full of a million dollars and a handbook on "How to oppress others for financial gain"?

 

[manic_depressive13]

I liked the first kid who was basically tearing up in righteous indignation. This is not who I am and this is not okay. I wish I knew these people so I could laugh in their face.

dealwithit.jpg

 

[Ruwrak]

Well... It is halloween right? Arn't you supposed to fear things on halloween?
Arn't those costumes exactly doing that? Excising their worst fears? As in beeing a visual representation of their fear of beeing seen as something like that?

I would say it succeeded at the halloween thought..

 

[Romblen]

First World Problems, when your biggest complaint is related to Halloween costumes.

 

[CrazyMedic]

I can kinda understand the whole getting pissed at a terrorist costume but what is wrong with the geisha, I mean unless I am misinformed they existed that is how they dressed, so what is wrong with it, also people need a harder skin.

 

[SundayRoast]

These people need to get their heads outta their asses.

Perhaps I should dress up for halloween as a drunken hockey-fan from Finland.

 

[Keymik]

And while these students spend time on thinking those costumes are racist, children are starving in Africa. I totally see what is more important.

PS: If those costumes are racist then nobody should dress up as zombies as that would clearly be insulting to people who are dead.

 

[Blue Hero]

I'm dressing up as Hitler, my friend is Stalin. Can we have someone launch a post campaign against us?

 

[Silverfox99]

My problem with the campaign is that it is racist.

First they don't show anyone making fun of rednecks or any other white stereotype. If it is offensive to dress up like another culture then all cultures should be represented, by the logic of their own argument.


I know that this was designed to highlight minority groups but that's where the problem occurs. Racism can and does effect all races and it wont end until all racism stops not just against minority races.

Personally, I would find it hilarious if someone showed up to a party dressed up in white face and as a redneck.

 

[Panorama]

People have way too much time on their hands... they need a time consuming hobby... like playing videogames...

Snip.

Maybe not video games just do anything walk out side you can see stuff 10 times worse day to day on the street get pissed off about that instead.
This is kind of thing annoys me.

 

[Thaluikhain]

It's drawing attention to racist stereotyping. That is, they are asking people to think about them. OMGWTFBBQ!

Cap has "aidditi"...sure I've had that before.

 

[justnotcricket]

Hm. While I agree that it's uncool to have your culture mocked, I think you have to take a minute to try and work out whether or not any racism is actually intended by the costume.

For example, if I (a European female) were to dress as a 'geisha', it would in no way be in order to denigrate the section of Japanese female society who are geisha. It would be because I think kimono are gorgeous, and the women who wear them are super elegant. I mean, sure, if someone's 'geisha' costume is basically a tiny cherry-blossom print kimono nightie and some overblown red lipstick and rouge, then that's a bit unkind, but you still have to wonder if there's any real hate going on. After all, anyone who dresses like that is only making fun of themselves, in the end.

The suicide bomber is not *necessarily* racist, but is *always* tasteless =(

Still - perhaps protest the KKK, or some group that really *intends* hate toward other cultures?