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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
I dressed up as Mr. T in University. I didn't even consider the racist implications of it until I got to school and remembered two of my profs were black and born outside of North America. One stopped class to ask me what I was dressed as. She had no idea who Mr. T was 
I also had one black student passerby in Mac Hall give me the dirtiest look ever. I felt like a bit of a dink, as I hadn't even considered I'd offend people. I'd probably wear it to a party where you know most people, but doing something highly public will probably lead to someone being offended. |
Aren't you 8 feet tall and something like 100lbs? You probably looked like an offensive Wilt Chamberlain.
I had a skinhead buddy do Mr T back in the 90's, and he had no problem with it. It was probably as offensive as you can imagine, combat boots, rolled jeans, wallet chain, flight jacket, black face and mohawk. It looked absolutely nothing like Mr T, and he didn't get hassled at all.