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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I'm someone who will never get up in arms yelling "cultural appropriation" because someone wore a prom dress with Asian influence, but I do think that if you're putting on black makeup to appear black, maybe take a second to think if you're going to offend anyone. Regardless of intention, we're at a point where if you wear blackface to appear black (or other races), you're going to offend a large population. Maybe for some, that's going to be a point of the costume, similar to going as a pedofile priest, and in their private life it might be worth the risk. But she's a teacher, she shouldn't be wearing a costume that's going to offend. I completely agree it was an accident and the apology saying as much should be the end of this (though I doubt it will be).
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Agreed that it's not the smartest move, but I do think there's a difference in dressing up as a celebrity over dressing up as generic black person.