wearing costumes at a costume party is racist

Bilge_Rat · 11-23-16, 11:50 AM

maybe I am getting too old or am totally disconnected from today's PC culture, but I have trouble seeing how wearing a "costume" at a "costume party" is "racist".

Is there a list of approved "costumes" circulating somewhere with "approved" costumes?

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Queen's University investigates 'shockingly racist' student costume party

Queen's University is investigating after photos appeared online showing white people dressed as Buddhist monks, Middle Eastern sheiks, Mexicans and Viet Cong fighters in rice hats during an off-campus student party in Kingston, Ont.

Partygoers wore "inappropriate costumes" at the event Saturday in the University District, the Alma Mater Society said in a statement on Tuesday. The district is a residential area surrounding the campus.

"These events undermine Queen's ability to provide a welcoming and respectful campus environment," says the society's vice-president, Carolyn Thompson.

"We need to have an open and productive dialogue about race and racism on campus."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa...sity-1.3863522

Oberon · 11-23-16, 12:18 PM

Yeah, even I, as a member of the PC police, don't really understand this whole Cultural Appropriation thing.

Skybird · 11-23-16, 12:27 PM

No matter how clever the PC moves and arguments, PC always is like the old Avalanche board game by Parker, from the 80s: everything notoriously and unavoidably degenerates and falls from some higher ground to the lowest bottom.

Buddahaid · 11-23-16, 12:43 PM

What a load of rot. I'm planning on wearing one of those costumes for Mardi Gras next year. I guess I'm a racist now.

STEED · 11-23-16, 12:46 PM

Another steaming pile of the brown stuff.

GT182 · 11-23-16, 01:27 PM

You know what runs downhill. And it looks like it came from Carolyn Thompson. She must be the Campus Dictator.

AVGWarhawk · 11-23-16, 01:43 PM

If someone does not like it=racism. Simple formula in today's world. If that does not work a label is applied that ends in "phobia". It is getting very tiresome to say the least.

u crank · 11-23-16, 04:08 PM

I swear these people stay awake at night thinking of new ways to be offended.

Cybermat47 · 11-23-16, 04:08 PM

I hate to be that guy, but would they be complaining if minorities dressed up as white people?

Rockin Robbins · 11-23-16, 04:19 PM

Of course not. As Larry King says, it is impossible to be a racist if you are not white. It's a unique and special talent that only we have. I feel special!

Oberon · 11-23-16, 05:34 PM

The white mans burden.

HunterICX · 11-24-16, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

I swear these people stay awake at night thinking of new ways to be offended.

I think it's actually quite adorable that people think they can get through their lives without being offended once in a while.

u crank · 11-24-16, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by HunterICX

I think it's actually quite adorable that people think they can get through their lives without being offended once in a while.

I'm offended by a lot of things. Poverty, sickness, unjust wars.....people dressing up and having fun...not so much.

Commander Wallace · 11-24-16, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by u crank

I swear these people stay awake at night thinking of new ways to be offended.

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Originally Posted by u crank

I'm offended by a lot of things. Poverty, sickness, unjust wars.....people dressing up and having fun...not so much.

Oberon · 11-24-16, 07:17 AM

It's a strange world we live in at the moment because on one hand you've got people who get offended at the strangest of things, but on the other hand you've got people trying their very hardest to be as offensive as possible. It's like a bloody metronome of offensiveness.
Whatever happened to stability?

11-23-16, 12:27 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	No matter how clever the PC moves and arguments, PC always is like the old Avalanche board game by Parker, from the 80s: everything notoriously and unavoidably degenerates and falls from some higher ground to the lowest bottom. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-23-16, 12:43 PM	#4
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	What a load of rot. I'm planning on wearing one of those costumes for Mardi Gras next year. I guess I'm a racist now. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-23-16, 12:46 PM	#5
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Another steaming pile of the brown stuff. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

11-23-16, 01:27 PM	#6
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	You know what runs downhill. And it looks like it came from Carolyn Thompson. She must be the Campus Dictator. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

11-23-16, 01:43 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	If someone does not like it=racism. Simple formula in today's world. If that does not work a label is applied that ends in "phobia". It is getting very tiresome to say the least. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-23-16, 12:18 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Yeah, even I, as a member of the PC police, don't really understand this whole Cultural Appropriation thing.

11-23-16, 04:08 PM	#8
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	I swear these people stay awake at night thinking of new ways to be offended. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

11-23-16, 04:08 PM	#9
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	I hate to be that guy, but would they be complaining if minorities dressed up as white people? __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

11-23-16, 04:19 PM	#10
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Of course not. As Larry King says, it is impossible to be a racist if you are not white. It's a unique and special talent that only we have. I feel special! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

11-23-16, 05:34 PM	#11
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The white mans burden.

11-24-16, 07:17 AM	#15
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It's a strange world we live in at the moment because on one hand you've got people who get offended at the strangest of things, but on the other hand you've got people trying their very hardest to be as offensive as possible. It's like a bloody metronome of offensiveness. Whatever happened to stability?