Appropriate for Halloween

booger_butt · 11 months

Honestly when every survey I've taken asking me about my cultural heritage has the politically correct terminology for other races (African American, Latino, Chinese, Japanese) but 'Caucasian' is replaced with 'White', I get offended.

When people talk about the different cultures and heritage their ancestors came from, and it's applauded, but I mention my ancestry and I'm consistently told "You don't have culture, you're white. You're just a mutt." I find that offensive.

When I'm told "You dance (or don't dance) like a white person." Or when such a negative connotation depicting a 'white' person, and I have to hear it, I'm offended.

When I'm consistently told "Your great-great-great grandaddy owned my great-great-great grandaddy." Especially when there's no proof to back it up, I'm offended. (I'd like to add being able to trace my ancestry back to before the Civil War- Nobody on either side of our family owned another individual.)

When I can't say something, or do something, but every other race can, because I'm white, I'm offended.

When shit like this comes out, and the general insinuation (I feel) is that really only white people are this racist or insensitive because the mistakes of other white men before us- I'm offended.

And when I'm downvoted because I'm white and I take offense to this backwards ass form of racism people like to throw around today- Well, fuck you.

That's all.

spartacus- · 11 months

As an American, I can assure you that I am mortified every time I see someone dressed in a cowboy costume. Just because a small group of people in our country chose to ride around the country herding cattle does not mean that everyone in the country was like that. Honestly, almost no one does this in modern times anyways, and when they do, it's more for show than an actual job. This image is not representative of our country as a whole! I would like to implore everyone to stop wearing such culturally insensitive costumes on Halloween; please consider the disrespect that you are causing to others.

MustStopMasturbating · 11 months

Campaigns like these inadvertently make the issue they are fighting against worse.

scooter10691 · 11 months

Yes, and dressing as Santa is offensive to fat white bearded people. Please relax.

funetical · 11 months

The blacks aren't victims of vampire attacks? Maybe I'm just from a different generation but when I was a kid vampires were attacking blacks all over the place. No one said anything either, it's just the way it was.

evulgrl · 11 months

So, where is the redneck costume? They're a culture too. And Zombies. That's exploitation of the dead. Good Fucking Christ. Can't we have Halloween without turning it into a "cultural" cry-fest? Chicks dress like whores. Guys dress like douche bags. You get drunk, you get laid, you hope the pics don't end up on Facebook or Reddit and you wait 365 days to do it again.

jankodanko · 11 months

I want 3 out of the 4 costumes

DrTheFruit · 11 months

As an australian i am offended everytime someone declares that we should put another shrimp on the barbie. Just because a small number of people choose to spend their afternoons putting shrimp on barbies does not mean that everyone in the country is like that. Honestly, it makes me sad.... mostly because your accents are terrible and THEIR FUCKING PRAWNS DIPSHITS!. Please consider the disrespect that you are causing others

suck_it_ows · 11 months

I'm going to go out on a limb here and disagree with this ad. There's only one of those costumes that I can't defend. And (hopefully) the majority of people dressing up in costumes like that aren't attempting to demean an entire culture with it. They're having fun with a segment of the culture that puts itself out there in that manner.

EDIT: Apparently I'm not that far out on a limb here.

xBGMx · 11 months

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knightmare07 · 11 months

TIL that "black person" is actually a halloween costume

danstraight · 11 months

how about lets not get offended at every possible thing?

gatekeepr · 11 months

In the Netherlands we have Sinterklaas (Dutch santa) His helpers are called Zwarte piet (black pete) this is what they look like. After more than a centuries of tradition, people are feeling increasingly offended by Zwarte Piet's looks nowadays.

Estrangement · 11 months

You're right. We should probably all dress up as used tampons so as to avoid causing offence. Unless that's a culture now..

sharmander15 · 11 months

what about REAL world issues?

heytuhsbakery · 11 months

Girl in top left is not a rapper. Top right is not a geisha. Bottom left is not a Mexican man riding a donkey. Bottom right is not a suicide bomber.

and I highly doubt that when people dress up as any of those, that they think they are representing a whole culture of people.

Just sayin

[deleted] · 11 months

This is complete bullshit. It's a COSTUME.

Everyone needs to let go of their tired old victim status. If you are Mexican, wear a gringo costume...I give a shit.

ProMaterial · 11 months

I don't know why but the longer I stare at this picture, the more I think the kid on the bottom right is gonna burst out laughing.

zushiba · 11 months

Don't. fucking. care. Being offended is offensive to me.

ethanwc · 11 months

I'm sorry dressing as a terrorist offends...terrorists???

staticrift · 11 months

If anyone want to wear wonky fake teeth, a bowler hat or anyother stereotypical british wear (even if its silly or false) then you have my permission. Im not a racist in my own sense and that which is politically correct however I do belive that the actual concept of racism is out of hand. Some people just need to take a joke and be a little less paranoid.

funkymoose · 11 months

Eh, I'm Asian and I don't find the Asian one offensive at all. The other one's maybe, but the Geisha one doesn't make me feel like i'm being mocked or anything.

I looked it up and the "black" costume is a white Dallas cowboy's cheerleader dressing as little Wayne.

That one... I might not dress up as, since it has a history of pissing the hell off of black people. The Mexican one and the Terrorist one are borderline, since it focuses on a negative aspect and it attempts to generalize an entire culture. The only reason I would be hesitant to do the terrorist one is because I know a couple middle eastern people who have to deal with "terrorist" related remarks and jokes pretty much every other day.

Redneck costumes aren't really comparable because they are considered a subset within the white culture.

Anyways, I highly doubt these people are intending on being offensive. That being said, as long as someone isn't a dick about it, dressing up as other cultures is fine in my book.

Eh, regardless i'm dressing up as a cowboy and dressing my dog up as a cow.

ArrowFire · 11 months

Yes.. as a non-living individual, I am offended by those who dress as zombies! I'm not okay with it!

Samsy · 11 months

Timely. So is this an actual campaign running right now in the US?

Grammar-Hitler · 11 months

This "ad campaign" is the product of a mere 10 students at a single university with a little too much time on their hands. It's natural that a group so small and poor could be wrong, not like the AD Council. Say no to drugs.

JasJ002 · 11 months

Anybody else see the irony of these costumes since most of the top topical costumes this year according to Times magazine are mostly people who offend at least parts of the white community. Harold Camping, Charlie Sheen, Anon, a Mormon, Rebecca Black, GOP presidential candidates. Where are our posters?

The_Pourne_Ultimatum · 11 months

this is gay

Creature_Fear · 11 months

I wish we could use the picture of the Good Guy Lucifer and have him with a picture of a guy in red with horns and a pitchfork.

I think that would go for a few laughs. Or maybe I am just an asshole.

Lots42 · 11 months

I don't understand the problems with the first too.

moneyshotmagoo · 11 months

Heck yes. Finally, a good terrorist costume. Been wanting to wear that since `01!

kattacha · 11 months

Me and a bunch of friends went out as Team Abortion last year, complete with tongs, toy chainsaw and a few babies heads attached to our belts and just generally sprayed red food colouring all over our t-shirts.

That shit is far more offensive than any of these, anyone with half a brain could see its just costume. People (and Reddit in general) need to lighten the fuck up.

spaxxamus · 11 months

I think we're all forgetting one thing.. No matter what you wear if you're hot it has to be slutty! this is the ONLY reason I ever leave my house durring the madness of hallowe'en. It doesn't matter if your costume is racially insensitive if you're ugly people wont look at you.

gorchitza · 11 months

I am going as an overtly sensitive minority this time. I got the minority part down, now I just have to act overtly sensitive.

But seriously, if you live in an area where people cannot distinguish the difference between a parody and a real thing, you need to move the fuck out of your hilly billy town.

That year when Borat came out, I had a lot of people attempting a mock eastern european accent talking about fucking donkeys and their sisters. As an eastern european I got some comments from chicks saying I sound like Borat. Which I ignored until a particularly hot one said it too and I answered "I am not Borat and I don't fuck donkeys, BUT, I am hung like one" and then commence unprotected sex.

People dressing up like Borat, or a Tsar, or Bolshevik, or a vampire (offensive to Romanians) is not the racism that hurts, the one that does is believes over real cultural differences which can be summarized with Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions.

People believing that all Russians drink vodka is not hurting me, that is not what co-workers deal with. However having the word "fighting" in the English language mean everything from general disagreement to physical fights is confusing as all hell and makes you white people look like pussy ass bitches.

When I point out a flaw in something and disagree with you, I am having a small argument, not a "fight", stop calling it a fight, I am not punching you in the face like an Irishman greets his wife. And when you run to the boss saying I like to fight, it makes me want to show you an actual fight.

I make fun of western white people all the time, actually, that's a favourite past time for all minorities and immigrants. And you get to make fun of us for Halloween, as long as you stop calling my disagreements "fights", I think that's a fair trade off.

knightmare07 · 11 months

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