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Title: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: bijou on October 28, 2011, 07:42:56 AM: Quote
Ohio University's Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS) created these posters against racist Halloween costumes. (Photos courtesy: STARS)

A group of students from Ohio University has drawn national attention for a poster campaign denouncing what they see as racist Halloween costumes.

Each poster in the series shows an Ohio University student of a different ethnicity holding a photograph of an offensive costume. An Asian girl holds an image of someone dressed up as a geisha. A Mexican boy holds a photo of someone in a sombrero, colorful poncho and exaggerated mustache riding a stuffed donkey.

Other images show a terrorist costume, a Native American costume and a gangster.

Each poster has two sentences on it: â€œWeâ€™re a culture, not a costume.â€ And â€œThis is not who I am, and this is not okay.â€

The posters were created by a 10-student group called STARS, Students Teaching Against Racism. The groupâ€™s president is Sarah Williams, 24, a senior majoring in political science. She told ABCNews.com she has been shocked by the amount of attention the posters have garnered, but is happy that they have started a national conversation. ...
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/ohio-university-students-hit-racist-halloween-costumes-164139148.html

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Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: Chris_ on October 28, 2011, 08:15:42 AM: Quit your whining, you humorless bitches.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/blunt-costumes.jpg)

See? These guys know how to party.
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: NHSparky on October 28, 2011, 08:30:32 AM: Further proof that when life becomes too easy, people will find ways to make it hard.
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: Texacon on October 28, 2011, 09:52:30 AM: Quote from: chris_ on October 28, 2011, 08:15:42 AM
Quit your whining, you humorless bitches.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/blunt-costumes.jpg)

See? These guys know how to party.

Is that O'bama in the costume on the right?!

:lmao:

KC
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: DefiantSix on October 28, 2011, 01:55:42 PM: Quote from: Texacon on October 28, 2011, 09:52:30 AM
Is that O'bama in the costume on the right?!

:lmao:

KC

No; Obama is just out of frame, sneakin' up on that one, to take a big drag off his ass. :popcorn:
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: Erasmus on October 28, 2011, 02:06:02 PM: So terrorist and gangsters are protected classes of people in Obama's administration? Who's surprised?
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: Texacon on October 28, 2011, 02:09:14 PM: Quote from: DefiantSix on October 28, 2011, 01:55:42 PM
No; Obama is just out of frame, sneakin' up on that one, to take a big drag off his ass. :popcorn:

Heh. Bet he won't share with Michelle.

KC
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: compaqxp on October 28, 2011, 02:18:15 PM: I find this entire campaign amusing, nothing more. We could all easily make our own poster just like the ones they made...Heck I already have an idea of what my poster would look like :)
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: FiddyBeowulf on October 28, 2011, 03:09:38 PM: Quote from: compaqxp on October 28, 2011, 02:18:15 PM
I find this entire campaign amusing, nothing more. We could all easily make our own poster just like the ones they made...Heck I already have an idea of what my poster would look like :)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Bob_and_Doug.jpg)
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: Texacon on October 28, 2011, 03:17:38 PM: Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on October 28, 2011, 03:09:38 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Bob_and_Doug.jpg)

I always thought Bob and Doug were a parody of Canadians .... until I went up there!

:o

:-)

KC
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: compaqxp on October 28, 2011, 03:57:37 PM: Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on October 28, 2011, 03:09:38 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Bob_and_Doug.jpg)

Not what I was thinking :lmao:

+1
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: JohnnyReb on October 28, 2011, 04:17:43 PM: I guess that only leaves putting on a 3-piece suit and going as an evil white banker.
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: thundley4 on October 28, 2011, 04:21:30 PM: I think vampires might have something to say about the "glittery vampire" costumes out now. It makes them look ghey.
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: Mike220 on October 28, 2011, 05:20:56 PM: Quote from: compaqxp on October 28, 2011, 03:57:37 PM
Not what I was thinking :lmao:

+1

????

Bubbles, right?

(http://www.boingboing.net/filesroot/TrailerParkboysxvhuioi.jpg)
Title: Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on October 28, 2011, 05:21:57 PM: So what they're saying is: Japanese should be ashamed of geishas, Mexicans should be ashemed of sombreros and Native Americans should be ashamed of headresses.

So we must exclude these images.

In essence: ethnic cleansing so only pure white European imagery remains.

However, it is OK to mock Christians, especially Catholics, and rednecks.

Quote from: thundley4 on October 28, 2011, 04:21:30 PM
I think vampires might have something to say about the "glittery vampire" costumes out now. It makes them look ghey.

Word (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,65233.msg759585.html#msg759585)