PC bull****?

Roro4Brit · 25-10-2010 6:21pm #1

Is it ok for a white person to dress up as a black person for Halloween? I don't mean that someone asks - 'oh what did you come as?' - and your response is 'a black person'.... I mean if there was a black person in particular, like Morpheus from The Matrix - would that be ok?

Someone told me that I might offend some people, and given how it's a work party it may be inappropriate...but that never even crossed my mind...

I don't get this PC crap...

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 6:22pm

Antoine Dodson!

MGMTea · 25-10-2010 6:22pm

no, you're a racist

Kasabian · 25-10-2010 6:22pm

It's halloween not really a night for PC.

SoupyNorman · 25-10-2010 6:23pm

Yep fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtYZLOh7rxQ

Poor Uncle Tom · 25-10-2010 6:23pm

Just wear a diamond encrusted white glove, job done....

Asphyxia · 25-10-2010 6:23pm

Nope I don't see how it could be racist it's only a Halloween costume!

gurramok · 25-10-2010 6:23pm

Who told you that? They must of been joking.

Dress up as you please, Halloween is for fun not serious jibes about 'not offending' someone.

The_B_Man · 25-10-2010 6:23pm

if anyone asks, just say u stuck on a bit too much fake tan! Same difference really!

Superbus · 25-10-2010 6:24pm

Going blackface is dodgy territory.

Dr. Zeus · 25-10-2010 6:24pm

If you are dressing up as a particular black person don't see the problem.

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 6:24pm

Is it OK for a black person to dress up as a white person?

Roro4Brit · 25-10-2010 6:24pm

OisinT wrote: »

Antoine Dodson!

I'd love too - but I'm too fat to pull that one off. I'm just trying to work with the props I have already.

SV · 25-10-2010 6:24pm

fúcking weird that I'm listening to a song with morpheus samples used..

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 6:24pm

Dr. Zeus wrote: »

If you are dressing up as a particular black person don't see the problem.

So it's just dressing up as a black person that is dodge? lol

What are you dressed as?

Black!

Mr. Manager · 25-10-2010 6:25pm

OisinT wrote: »

Is it OK for a black person to dress up as a white person?

Fúck no

fontanalis · 25-10-2010 6:27pm

Everyone has a little black skin they throw on now and again.
Why not go as a white person? Little effort involved.

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 6:29pm

fontanalis wrote: »

Everyone has a little black skin they throw on now and again.
Why not go as a white person? Little effort involved.

boring. I go as a white person every day!

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 6:30pm

BTW: I'm not looking forward to the number of people that are probably going to dress up like Jersey Shore people. :rolleyes:

Dr. Zeus · 25-10-2010 6:30pm

OisinT wrote: »

So it's just dressing up as a black person that is dodge? lol

No, just stupid

What are you dressed as?

Black!

Maybe I am black. Got a problem with that?

policarp · 25-10-2010 6:35pm

I hope you're not going as that French devil, and scare everyone enough to make them jump out of the window..

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 6:37pm

Dr. Zeus wrote: »

Maybe I am black. Got a problem with that?

Hey, don't pick on me! I'm not dressing as anything.

gurramok · 25-10-2010 6:39pm

Dr. Zeus wrote: »

Maybe I am black. Got a problem with that?

Black is beautiful! (quoting Mississippi Burning!)

Lia_lia · 25-10-2010 6:39pm

I Filipino girl I know dressed up as a white girl once. Everyone found it hilarious!

Micky Dolenz · 25-10-2010 6:40pm

I have a choice between KKK outfit and a Nazi uniform for this year.

Rabble Rabble · 25-10-2010 6:41pm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381707/

Kimono-Girl · 25-10-2010 6:42pm

OisinT wrote: »

Hey, don't pick on me! I'm not dressing as anything.

you're a costumist??? :eek: Discriminating against costumes!

danniemcq · 25-10-2010 6:44pm

If Robert Downey can do it!

http://www.spike.com/video/you-people/3008824

PanchoVilla · 25-10-2010 6:45pm

Roro4Brit wrote: »

Is it ok for a white person to dress up as a black person for Halloween? I don't mean that someone asks - 'oh what did you come as?' - and your response is 'a black person'.... I mean if there was a black person in particular, like Morpheus from The Matrix - would that be ok?

Someone told me that I might offend some people, and given how it's a work party it may be inappropriate...but that never even crossed my mind...

I don't get this PC crap...

If you're dressing up as a particular person then it doesn't matter if they're black or white. If you're just going as a black person then I think you'll have problems, especially if you use stereotypes when creating your outfit.

But yeah, too many in the PC crowd are just morons with nothing better to do than to invent things to be offended by.

PanchoVilla · 25-10-2010 6:47pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I have a choice between KKK outfit and a Nazi uniform for this year.

Go for the KKK outfit. If you run into trouble you can just say you're a ghost.

Although I don't think you'd get into too much trouble with the Nazi uniform, Ireland never really had a big problem with the Germans.

Rabble Rabble · 25-10-2010 6:48pm

PanchoVilla wrote: »

If you're dressing up as a particular person then it doesn't matter if they're black or white. If you're just going as a black person then I think you'll have problems, especially if you use stereotypes when creating your outfit.

But yeah, too many in the PC crowd are just morons with nothing better to do than to invent things to be offended by.

sure stereotypes which are deliberately insulting and based on racist caricature be avoided, that is not PC just playing nice.

( i.e. Big Lips etc.)

orourkeda · 25-10-2010 6:51pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa21_6xUBtw

Dr. Zeus · 25-10-2010 6:51pm

OisinT wrote: »

Hey, don't pick on me! I'm not dressing as anything.

Wasn't "picking" on you as you put it just responding to your question

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 6:52pm

Dr. Zeus wrote: »

Wasn't "picking" on you as you put it just responding to your question

lol and I was responding to another poster.

starbelgrade · 25-10-2010 7:00pm

Roro4Brit wrote: »

Is it ok for a white person to dress up as a black person for Halloween?

Forget that.. the real question is - when you black up - is....

"Am I black enough for ya?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaaY3slVuus

PanchoVilla · 25-10-2010 7:06pm

I wonder what the PC brigade would make of this guy. Really funny dude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQK8YLmDEf4

starbelgrade · 25-10-2010 7:08pm

PanchoVilla wrote: »

I wonder what the PC brigade would make of this guy. Really funny dude.

That was hilarious.

Hilariously boring.

stovelid · 25-10-2010 7:12pm

PanchoVilla wrote: »

I wonder what the PC brigade would make of this guy.]

On the off-chance that they stayed awake long than a minute in?

Can this lad be put to meaningful employment. Are there still cotton fields or is that all automated now?

Nodin · 25-10-2010 7:12pm

Is there some social phenomena of white people dressing up as black folk every poxy weekend or something....because this is not the first thread on this "issue" here recently.....

PanchoVilla · 25-10-2010 7:13pm

starbelgrade wrote: »

That was hilarious.

Hilariously boring.

Don't be such a racist!

Nodin · 25-10-2010 7:13pm

stovelid wrote: »

On the off-chance that they stayed awake long than a minute in?

...that pic thats your avatar....who is it, might I ask?

etymon · 25-10-2010 7:14pm

I suggested John Adeleye on X Factor might be a 'dark horse' and was accused of being racist !
also another time when I suggested 'even a monkey could do the job'

stovelid · 25-10-2010 7:17pm

Nodin wrote: »

...that pic thats your avatar....who is it, might I ask?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Makonnen

Allegations that he is turking our jobs are entirely unfair and unfounded as a) He lived in Ethiopia all his life b) His da was a emperor and prophet c) He's dead

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 7:18pm

Nodin wrote: »

...that pic thats your avatar....who is it, might I ask?

Tupac I think.

recylingbin · 25-10-2010 7:21pm

Note to self: Dress up as Morpheus from the Matrix.

Bottle_of_Smoke · 25-10-2010 7:21pm

You summed up my views OP.

Why are you blacked up?

I'm here as Phil Lynott

Of course, come in and enjoy the party

or

Why are you blacked up?

I'm here as a black man.

Right.... people think what you're doing is a bit well ... racist. You'll have to leave.

fonecrusher1 · 25-10-2010 7:22pm

This thread is choc-a-blok with racism. All posts reported.

PanchoVilla · 25-10-2010 7:22pm

stovelid wrote: »

Can this lad be put to meaningful employment. Are there still cotton fields or is that all automated now?

Congratulations! You've just entered to win the title of "Most Idiotic Post on AH" with that comment! How does it feel to be a complete imbecile?

gurramok · 25-10-2010 7:23pm

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

You summed up my views OP.

Why are you blacked up?

I'm here as Phil Lynott

Of course, come in and enjoy the party

or

Why are you blacked up?

I'm here as a black man.

Right.... people think what you're doing is a bit well ... racist. You'll have to leave.

Where? Party, are we invited?

Pics or GTFO!

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 7:24pm

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

This thread is choc-a-blok with racism. All posts reported.

Reported for reporting all posts.

FreudianSlippers · 25-10-2010 7:24pm

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Congratulations! You've just entered to win the title of "Most Idiotic Post on AH" with that comment! How does it feel to be a complete imbecile?

Really, are they all automated or is that just ludicrous?

PC bull****?

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