Do you have a deficiency of being told how to live your life, even unto Halloween? Appalachian State University has you covered!
What Not to Wear: Culture vs. Costume
This coming Monday, come and:
Join us in visualizing the concept of cultural appropriation versus cultural appreciation at our high fashion runway show. The concept of this event is to stimulate self-reflection, raise awareness to the topic of cultural appropriation, and also be educational.
“Cultural appropriation” is the new obsession among the PC crowd; the idea being that you are not supposed to “appropriate” fashion or symbols or idiom or whatever from another racial, ethnic or national group. You know, like white people talking “street.” Or, one would imagine, Japanese people wearing blue jeans. Or Italians eating haggis, black people playing basketball, Australian aborigines using Ipads, Chinese people eating fortune cookies, or anyone not Celtic celebrating Halloween. It is, of course, ridiculous nonsense, merely another way for wannabe totalitarians to try to control the lives of others.
Related… that vital periodical of modern rationality, “Cosmo,” has this:
10 Offensive Halloween Costumes That Shouldn’t Exist
Where we are told that costumes of Caitlyn Jenner are offensive. As are costumes of Bruce Jenner. Or anything that makes light of the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Or dressing up as an ethnic group or gender that you ain’t.
So, this Halloween make sure to remember that there are people out there who really, really want to control you, your actions and your thoughts. Behave accordingly.