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Racist' Halloween costumes stir debate
Ohio university group's 'We're a culture, not a costume' campaign goes viral
By Marlene Habib, CBC News
Posted: Oct 27, 2011 6:23 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 27, 2011 6:18 AM ET
[pic]A poster campaign by Ohio University's Students Teaching About Racism in Society fights the use of Halloween costumes that stereotype ethnic groups and cultures. (Ohio University's Students Teaching About Racism in Society)
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An Ohio student group's campaign has started a firestorm of debate in Canada and abroad over whether wearing Arab, Spanish and other ethnically inspired garb is proliferating stereotypes and feeding racism.

The campaign, by Ohio University's Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS), features posters headlined "We're a culture, not a costume." Underneath the line, "This is not who I am, and this is not okay" are students of various ethnic backgrounds holding up photos of people wearing blackface, or dressed up as natives, Geisha girls or people depicting "terrorists," for example.
Contacted by CBC News on Wednesday, a
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