that ain't scary, thats just wrong

Its all fun and games when it ain't you getting put it to a box, told how to act, oppressed, labeled, and taught to have self hatred because you are the "other", and considered a people that are joke able and buy able, at your local Halloween discount store...

geisha girl Halloween costume

image from Racialicious.com

The article they posted is dead on!
click HERE to read.

I think its a little different when it's a hip hop fan dressing up as a artist they like. I don't wanna say I think it's ok or not ok because I am not here to pass judgment. I selected these images because it shows that there is a very thin line between fun and going to far. But I always think that its a good idea to be on the safe side if there is a risk of racially offending someone. so is Someone dressing up as T-Pain for Halloween different from the above pictures? why or why not? I am not trying to hate-or hate on one person alone for this, but rather address the disappoint I have when some people are insensitive, and challenge and promote the discussion of what is considered socially exceptable and what is racially insensitive.

My problem is that "ethnic races" are being made fun of or laughable, yet "white" is considered the standard or the norm. It is assumed that superman, and wonder women, and the joker, and the business man are all white. Holidays are one of the ways that you can easily see how racism is taught to kids (how many Santa Clauses do you see that are not white?). When I used to teach young kids, I had a friend of mine come in and teach a game and I told the kids that he was superman, one kid quickly replied that he couldn't be superman because "he's black." this was something this 6 year old had learned he was not born limiting his ideas of super heroes to one race, that was taught to him.