I'd be uneasy raising a kid in a society where kids are only allowed to dress up as characters of their own race.http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a13069023/moana-halloween-costume-racist/ …
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Replying to @Noahpinion
I think people should be able to distinguish between dressing as a caricature of a race/ethnic group and a specific character
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Replying to @JohnJSSoriano @Noahpinion
Using the same logic as this article, it would be wrong for a white kid to wear the jersey of a Latino baseball player
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Replying to @JohnJSSoriano @Noahpinion
Disagree. Kids can tell the difference between something that represents the history and culture of a ppl group and a baseball jersey.
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Dress-up is being something you are not. Diff: creature, period, planet, culture. Opportunity to think about something other than yourself
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Replying to @EggyEggmann @csilverandgold and
Thinking about what it would be like to be somebody else is empathy.
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And empathy is great. Living in a world where you know your culture is X, but everybody you go to school with thinks it's Y, is Not Great.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @EggyEggmann and
Practice empathy! Let's not just see thing from the POV of the white person who gets to practice the wonderful life skill of empathy...
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But also from the POV of, you know, the person whose rich, complex culture gets flattened into a costume? How might they feel?
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