{"id":9042,"date":"2009-10-30T21:58:11","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T04:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2009-10-30T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T04:58:11","slug":"dont-dress-up-like-what-you-think-is-a-jamaican-this-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9042","title":{"rendered":"Dont dress up like what you think is a Jamaican this Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheangryblackwoman.com%2F2009%2F10%2F31%2Fdont-dress-up-like-what-you-think-is-a-jamaican-this-halloween%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheangryblackwoman.com%2F2009%2F10%2F31%2Fdont-dress-up-like-what-you-think-is-a-jamaican-this-halloween%2F\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yeloson.dreamwidth.org\/655070.html\">Or an Indian, Chinese, Native America, Mexican &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another post on my fl list that says it eloquently but its locked. However, I found another blog that breaks down the sentiments quite nicely. <a href=\"http:\/\/whebrhotub.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/my-identity-is-not-costume-for-you-to.html\">My identity is NOT a costume for you to wear!<\/a> (The Native American via Ancient Eygpt costume is in a class by itself. Jesus!) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halloween\">Halloween is for fantastical fanciful monsters creatures of myth and lore and legend<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/contexts.org\/socimages\/2009\/10\/29\/racist-halloween-costumes\/\">Insulting<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/disgrasian\/racist-halloween-costumes_b_330853.html\">caricatures<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/loteriachicana.net\/2009\/10\/14\/thats-racist-halloween-edition\">of<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/american-athens.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/halloween-where-racism-lives.html\">minorities<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/peggy\/politically-incorrect-halloween-costumes\/\">do<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=114199552&amp;sc=emaf\">NOT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/racerelations.about.com\/gi\/o.htm?zi=1\/XJ&amp;zTi=1&amp;sdn=racerelations&amp;cdn=newsissues&amp;tm=67&amp;f=10&amp;tt=2&amp;bt=0&amp;bts=0&amp;zu=http%3A\/\/www.racialicious.com\/2009\/05\/13\/geishas-and-whores\/\">fall<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feministe.us\/blog\/archives\/2007\/11\/18\/us-immigration-enforcement-finally-preaches-what-it-practices\/\">under<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/contexts.org\/socimages\/2009\/10\/30\/guest-post-asian-hair-for-halloween\/\">that<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebrity-gossip.net\/celebrities\/hollywood\/liv-tyler-and-family-get-all-dressed-up-202515\/\">description<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.craftzine.com\/archive\/2009\/10\/how-to_make_a_dreadlock_wig_fo.html\">And<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/suddenly-get-interested-in-non-white.html\">YES<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/02\/heidi-klum%E2%80%99s-hindu-halloween\">it&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/resistracism.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/23\/still-not-getting-it\/\">insulting<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racewire.org\/archives\/2008\/10\/before_you_wear_that_racist_ha_1.html\">NO<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/resistracism.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/30\/your-annual-halloween-post\/\">its<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/blogs\/sexist\/2009\/10\/28\/how-to-inform-a-friend-their-halloween-costume-is-racist\/\">not<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/blogs\/sexist\/2009\/10\/16\/the-worst-sexy-halloween-costumes-sexy-fat-arab-edition\/\">fucking<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cindylu\/sets\/72157622462938397\/detail\/\">respectful<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/newsone.com\/nation\/halloween-how-not-to-accidentally-wear-a-racist-obama-costume\/\">or<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/resistracism.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/30\/seriously\/\">fun<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><h4>And now a word from our sponsor&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><!-- Beginning of Project Wonderful ad code: --><br \/>\n<!-- Ad box ID: 38358 --><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/nojs.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" colspan=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/advertisehere.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\">Your ad could be here, right now.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End of Project Wonderful ad code. --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2009\/10\/31\/dont-dress-up-like-what-you-think-is-a-jamaican-this-halloween\/\">Dont dress up like what you think is a Jamaican this Halloween<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\"><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheangryblackwoman.com%2F2009%2F10%2F31%2Fdont-dress-up-like-what-you-think-is-a-jamaican-this-halloween%2F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheangryblackwoman.com%2F2009%2F10%2F31%2Fdont-dress-up-like-what-you-think-is-a-jamaican-this-halloween%2F\" height=\"61\" width=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or an Indian, Chinese, Native America, Mexican &#8230;<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s another post on my fl list that says it eloquently but its locked. However, I found another blog that breaks down the sentiments quite nicely. My identity is NOT a costume for you to wear! (The Native American via Ancient Eygpt costume is in a class by [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><h4>And now a word from our sponsor&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><!-- Beginning of Project Wonderful ad code: --><br \/>\n<!-- Ad box ID: 38358 --><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/nojs.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" colspan=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/advertisehere.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\">Your ad could be here, right now.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" style=\"3px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End of Project Wonderful ad code. --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2009\/10\/31\/dont-dress-up-like-what-you-think-is-a-jamaican-this-halloween\/\">Dont dress up like what you think is a Jamaican this Halloween<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=9042\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-site-and-admin-stuff","category-syndicated-feeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}