Summary: Ethnicities Are More Than Just Costumes

Ethnicities are More Than Just Costumes ‘We’re a culture, not a costume” this Halloween was an impactful article and gave me a different view of how racism still exists in our society. The main goal of the campaign is to simply raise awareness of racist stereotypes that are included in Halloween. I believe that this is a significant issue that we still must deal with today, and it should be understood to be accepted. If everyone in the world reads this article, I feel that it would greatly improve our understanding of stereotypes and people would understand how offensive some costumes can be. Emanuella Grinberg, the author, reports that “The campaign has gone viral, landing on blogs and other school’s online publications.”. In other words, the campaign
Dead guys don’t come back to eat people.”. Basically, the comment is saying that Halloween is not meant to be taken seriously and nobody should be offended. . Admittedly, I believe that Halloween should be a time where everyone can enjoy themselves and have fun. Though, that all changes when someone is insulted, and I believe some costumes should be taken seriously. Jelani Cobb agrees when he explains “I think it’s almost impossible to be ironic while being racist, so the irony is lost,”. Cobb’s educated point is that it is hard for something to be humorous when it is so offensive to people. I can agree with Cobb due to the fact that I do not believe insulting people’s ethnicities is funny. Cobb explains further, “It suggests that people conflate the actual broad diversity of a culture with caricatures and characters.”. In other words, Cobb is saying that cultures are too complex and various to be combined into a single stereotype or costume. This opinion is an idea I also agree with. Cultures are so deep and complicated, and I truly think it is offensive when people create stereotypes about someone’s identity. In my opinion, I feel that this