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Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« on: October 28, 2011, 07:42:56 AM »
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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: “We’re a culture, not a costume.” And “This is not who I am, and this is not okay.”

The posters were created by a 10-student group called STARS, Students Teaching Against Racism. The group’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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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 08:15:42 AM »
Quit your whining, you humorless bitches.



See?  These guys know how to party.



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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2011, 08:30:32 AM »
Further proof that when life becomes too easy, people will find ways to make it hard.
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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #3 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.



See?  These guys know how to party.





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

 :lmao:

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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #4 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:

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No; Obama is just out of frame, sneakin' up on that one, to take a big drag off his ass.  :popcorn:
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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2011, 02:06:02 PM »
So terrorist and gangsters are protected classes of people in Obama's administration?  Who's surprised?
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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #6 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.

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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #7 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 :)

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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #8 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 :)


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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2011, 03:17:38 PM »
Quote from: FiddyBeowulf on October 28, 2011, 03:09:38 PM


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

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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2011, 03:57:37 PM »
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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #11 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.
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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #12 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.
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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #13 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:

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Re: Ohio U. Students Hit 'Racist' Halloween Costumes
« Reply #14 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.

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