what a predicament! some of my favorite retailers are making it very difficult to give them my hard earned money because they have decided to sell a costume that i find amazingly offensive. well, that's what i call it. Fox News calls it "
fantastic."
it's the Illegal Alien costume sold by Target, Walgreens, Toys R Us, Meijer, and Amazon.com. it's product description is:
"He didn’t just cross a border, he crossed a galaxy! He’s got his green card, but it’s from another planet! Sure to get some laughs, the Illegal Alien Adult Costume includes an orange prison-style jumpsuit with 'Illegal Alien' printed on the front, an alien mask and a 'green card.'"
not to be outdone, Halloweenexpress.com has it's own version, complete with big black mustache and baseball hat:
"Mask Includes: Almond eyed, latex, UFO look alien with large black mustache and baseball cap attached."
Halloween used to be fun, right? i mean, i think so....although i recall as a little kid going trick or treating with a classmate who's costume was a "hobo." at the time, we all loved her costume. but there's no way in hell i'd dress my kids up today as a homeless person.
what's so funny about being homeless?
it's turning into one giant exercise in affirming
Kyriarchy, where different groups (angrily at times) assert their right to power and privilege over other groups. a clear example of this is the response i received from
the woman who wanted her daughter and herself to dress up as Geisha for halloween. She stated she was african american and believed it was totally different for a non-black person to dress up like a black person than it is for a non-asian to dress up like "O-Ren Ishii".....
wait.
i have to take a moment and address this because everytime i think about it i feel like i have a chicken bone in my chest:
O-Ren Ishii....
WASN'T GEISHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
don't go trying to play 3 card monty with one of my all time favorite movie characters of all time!!!! you said Geisha, not O-Ren Ishii! and if you think they are one in the same, that further illustrates the problem!! (ahem).....where was i?
oh right. Kyriarchy.
Halloween is a tough one....can't we all just dress up like ThunderCats?
HALLOWEEN....HOOOOOOOOOO!!
