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Replies: 8 — Last Post Oct. 25, 2008 7:29pm by Doghouse
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So as this Halloween approaches, I have two costume ideas. Either Dave Chapelle dressed as Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Samuel Adams, or a terrorist from Team America. Now, I'd rather be Sam Jackson, but I don't really feel like taking a trip to either the hospital or the police station after someone takes exception.

Now, would someone please explain to me why it's offensive for me to dress up like a black guy? I don't care if Chapelle wears white makeup and acts uptight. It's funny. Maybe I just wanna yell about some motherfuckin' beer, and costume requires that I look like a black guy. Is that wrong?

EDIT: By the way, I am the whitest of the white. It's bad.

Post edited at 5:52 pm on Oct. 25, 2008 by Libertarian Samurai

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DO IT

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i was a black person for halloween last year
DO IT
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Quote: from kidd rune at 8:46 pm on Oct. 25, 2008

DO IT

...is it bad that I find that hilarious?

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lol that pic is funny

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Quote: from scotttyyyboyyy at 6:03 pm on Oct. 25, 2008
lol that pic is funny
It was actually a play.

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It's not like I'm trying to be stereotypical. I'm being a specific person.

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hate -- healthy, virile hate -- for what the German personifies
and for what persists in the German. To do otherwise would be
a betrayal of the dead." - Elie Wiesel
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That is a risky costume... because of the power of the statement behind it. however, if you pull it off right... or more importantly, if you pull it off wrong...

You should do it, if that is what you truly want to do.

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