As Halloween ends, think about how many racially ethnic costumes you saw. A few right? Well a recent student organization at Ohio University wanted these costumes to end. According to a
FoxNewsLatino article, "
Students Teaching Against Racism (STARS)
posted an ad campaign called 'We're a Culture, Not a Costume,' aimed at
curbing the use of racially charged costumes. Initially the posters
appeared on the group's
Tumblr account and were only intended for use on the university's campus."
Probably one of the smartest ad campaigns I've seen, the students have received an enormous amount of feedback (negative and positive). Where the campaign will go from here is up in the air. The student group deserves a huge round of applause of bringing awareness to not just their school, but to the nation. Sure they didn't expect the attention, but awareness is always a good thing.
2 comments:
I understand that SOME people may use these costumes in an offensive and disrespectful way.
But I don't believe that ALL people may wear ethnic costumes for such reasons.
And I don't think we should be too sensitive because then we would be dishonest to ourselves.
Let's just lighten up and have a good, clean time.
I agree sometimes people get a little "TOO" sensitive. However, the student group did a great job of just letting them (whoever they are) know about the costumes.
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