Marginalized people have spoken up about the fact that it's hurtful to use their culture as a costume -- and it's on us to listen. So what costumes are cool? Here's a great list of options.
Those of us who were kids in the 80s and 90s -- and even the early 00s -- almost certainly ended up wearing some Halloween costumes that would be, by today's standards, pretty offensive. Looking back at a second-grade class picture, my best friend was dressed as a"hobo," I was in costume as an"Indian princess," and one of my other classmates was dressed as a"geisha." It's not an image we're proud of.
However, we've heard a lot of moms in our social circle saying,"We don't even know what's okay anymore." And we get it! Sometimes changing social norms can be confusing, and it's okay to ask questions about what's cool and what's not. Generally speaking, dressing up as a generic member of a group who has experienced genocide, slavery, or systemic oppression is pretty much not okay.
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