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Thoughts on "black face" costumes this Halloween

DasJazz said:
I think the only reason this is even a thing is because the PC groupies are making it a thing. The people that are dressing up as whoever they are, are not intending for it to be a racist statement, they are showing that they admire the person they are imitating.

I'm pretty sure most people should be able to recognize when someone is being blatantly racist vs dressing up as a favorite character or famous person. Problem is, in today's world, everything you say or do has to offend somebody and to me that is the real issue.
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You are the problem.

Im totally against PC but I know an ignorant ******* when I see one.
 
elan_prodigy said:
Lmfao. Dudr you aint 6'8 and built like a brick **** house. Painting yourself black aint gonna convice people you are Lebrons body double ffs.

As for DM, because I dont want him embroiled in your ignorant bs my suggestion is wear #45 over a spiderman outfit. **** everyone has a trademark that symbolise them more than their skim color.

Just wear a choker and a #23 jersey and people will know who you dressed as...
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So I guess my wording was wrong, so I will fix it. I was using "I" to talk about a fictional person that may want to do this. I did not use "one" but I should have. I do not want to dress as an athlete. I am shocked how many people seemingly only took THAT from the original post. Please re-read the OP for the correction. I assumed most people here would get that from the tone of the post, however I must have overestimated JF in that regard.
 
LogGrad98 said:
So I guess my wording was wrong, so I will fix it. I was using "I" to talk about a fictional person that may want to do this. I did not use "one" but I should have. I do not want to dress as an athlete. I am shocked how many people seemingly only took THAT from the original post. Please re-read the OP for the correction. I assumed most people here would get that from the tone of the post, however I must have overestimated JF in that regard.
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There is no "tone" in forums or txt messages for that matter. How you right something is not often how people read it so choice of words and grammar is important.
 
So this question came about because the other night we had 8 teenage girls in our home getting ready for a halloween dance at school. It has been great for my daughter for our move to California for many reasons, not the least of which was that she is exposed to a much higher level of diversity. Of the 8 girls, 2 of them were caucasian. The others were a very broad assortment, including 4 that were either african american, or mixed race (mom black, dad hispanic, like that). They were talking about this because it was all over social media. One of the black girls mentioned that she didn't think it was any big deal, but another one said her mom and dad told her that it was very offensive. It kind of made me think, how is this viewed, and how it is propagated. If her parents had never told her that would it still be offensive. If we raised an entire generation and did not tell them what they needed to be offended by would a lot of this just die out?

Another question that we discussed was is "whiteface" the same as "blackface". They were split, and it was very interesting to hear them discuss it. I just asked questions along the way and listened. 15, 16, and 17 year olds can put together some good arguments, and think more deeply than people might think. I found it very enlightening. So I thought it would be a good topic of discussion here.
 
elan_prodigy said:
There is no "tone" in forums or txt messages for that matter. How you right something is not often how people read it so choice of words and grammar is important.
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Yeah there actually is. Using words like "say" shows that it is meant hypothetically, as well as stating up front that it is meant as a point of discussion shows I am not actually, in fact, looking for people's opinions on my halloween costume. That is just grammar. Sorry you couldn't catch that. I will be sure to make it very clear from now on.
 
elan_prodigy said:
There is no "tone" in forums or txt messages for that matter. How you right something is not often how people read it so choice of words and grammar is important.
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I fully understood what he was saying. You judged him unfairly his choice of words and grammar wasn’t the problem, but your bias. IMO


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LogGrad98 said:
So this question came about because the other night we had 8 teenage girls in our home getting ready for a halloween dance at school. It has been great for my daughter for our move to California for many reasons, not the least of which was that she is exposed to a much higher level of diversity. Of the 8 girls, 2 of them were caucasian. The others were a very broad assortment, including 4 that were either african american, or mixed race (mom black, dad hispanic, like that). They were talking about this because it was all over social media. One of the black girls mentioned that she didn't think it was any big deal, but another one said her mom and dad told her that it was very offensive. It kind of made me think, how is this viewed, and how it is propagated. If her parents had never told her that would it still be offensive. If we raised an entire generation and did not tell them what they needed to be offended by would a lot of this just die out?

Another question that we discussed was is "whiteface" the same as "blackface". They were split, and it was very interesting to hear them discuss it. I just asked questions along the way and listened. 15, 16, and 17 year olds can put together some good arguments, and think more deeply than people might think. I found it very enlightening. So I thought it would be a good topic of discussion here.
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The innocence of youth...
 
LogGrad98 said:
Yeah there actually is. Using words like "say" shows that it is meant hypothetically, as well as stating up front that it is meant as a point of discussion shows I am not actually, in fact, looking for people's opinions on my halloween costume. That is just grammar. Sorry you couldn't catch that. I will be sure to make it very clear from now on.
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Thee jazz fan said:
I fully understood what he was saying. You judged him unfairly his choice of words and grammar wasn’t the problem, but your bias. IMO


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Thats reading comprehension. Not tone.
 
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