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She went on, “Meanwhile we wonder, why should white girls be able to take part in this culture (wearing hoop earrings just being one case of it) and be seen as cute/aesthetic/ethnic. White people have actually exploited the culture and made it into fashion.” 182

A writer for Vice News echoed this woman’s sentiments, saying that “Hoop earrings are my culture, not your trend” and cautioned white women to “think twice before you put them on” because “hoops are worn by minorities as symbols of resistance, and strength.” 183

A white student at San Francisco State University who wore his hair in dreadlocks was assaulted by a black student who claimed he was committing “cultural appropriation” because of his hairstyle. 184The woman, who tried to physically stop him from walking away while she was lecturing him, asked her friend standing nearby if he had any scissors, giving the impression she wanted to start cutting of his dreads right there!

“I felt that I didn’t need to explain myself. It is my hair, my rules, my body,” the white student said after video of the incident went viral. 185But you can’t expect a rabid SJW to understand personal freedom. He was more than polite when she accosted him, and when he finally broke free from her grip and walked away, the woman noticed someone was shooting video of the altercation, and then she assaulted them too, striking their phone.

After pop culture prostitute Kim Kardashian posted a selfie showing she got her hair braided into cornrows, the twits on Twitter erupted in anger and their idiocy made headlines about her supposed “cultural appropriation” violation. 186

Pop star Katy Perry apologized for her past “cultural appropriation” during a sit down interview with Black Lives Matter leader Deray McKesson because she had previously worn her hair in cornrows for a music video and dressed up as a “Geisha girl” during a performance at the American Music Awards one year. “I’ve made several mistakes,” she told McKesson. “I won’t ever understand some of those things because of who I am. I will never understand, but I can educate myself and that’s what I’m trying to do along the way.” 187

Let’s make a deal with these critics. White people will stop braiding their hair or wearing dreads “like a black person,” if black women stop bleaching their hair blond and stop straightening it too. That means you Beyonce!

It used to be the only people who didn’t like Halloween were a few far-right fundamentalist Christians who see it as a day celebrating the Devil and evil, but now people on the far-left have found problems with Halloween for completely different reasons. Certain costumes and characters that kids have enjoyed dressing up as for generations are now seen as problematic because they are “cultural appropriation” and thus “racist.”

This idea isn’t just something that a few fringe idiots on the Internet are espousing. Every year as Halloween approaches the chorus of complaints gets louder. Just before Halloween in 2016, Disney stopped selling the costume for Maui (a character voiced by Dwayne Johnson in their new film Moana ), because people complained it was cultural appropriation. 188The character is a muscular, tattooed Polynesian demigod who wears a grass skirt.

To normal people, the character pays homage to the legends of Pacific Islanders, but some morons got upset and began venting on Twitter that, “culture is not a costume.” Instead of just ignoring these lunatics, Disney pulled the costume from stores and apologized, saying, “The team behind ‘Moana’ has taken great care to respect the cultures of the Pacific Islands that inspired the film, and we regret that the Maui costume has offended some. We sincerely apologize and are pulling the costume from our website and stores.” 189

The Huffington Post cheered the move, saying “People shouldn’t wear brown skin as a costume without understanding the experience of brown people.” 190The following year, the Disney costume controversy reared its ugly head again. Cosmopolitan magazine suggested to parents, “Maybe don’t dress your kid up as Moana this Halloween” and said that, “It’s on you to teach your kid not to be racially insensitive.” 191

USA Today issued a “guide” on the controversy titled, “Is it OK for a white kid to dress up as Moana for Halloween?” 192Practically half of the Disney characters are now considered offensive. Pocahontas, Jasmine from Aladdin , the crows from Dumbo , King Louie from The Jungle Book , the Indians in Peter Pan , and the list goes on.

One blogger complaining about the Moana costume even criticized Elsa, the star of Frozen , saying that the character perpetuated “white beauty” because she’s white with blonde hair and blue eyes. 193

In 2016 when the war on Halloween costumes was really heating up, actress Hillary Duff and her boyfriend dressed up as a Pilgrim and an Indian for a party, and when photos of the couple were posted online the outrage began. She later tweeted, “I am SO sorry to people I offended with my costume. It was not properly thought through and I am truly, from the bottom of my [heart emoji] sorry.” 194Her boyfriend, Jason Walsh, also apologized on his Instagram, saying, “I meant no disrespect. I only have admiration for the indigenous people of America.” 195

Amazon.com has also removed certain costumes after complaints. 196MTV News produced a segment titled “12 Racist Halloween Costumes For Kids” denouncing popular costumes ranging from an Indian chief to a “little amigo” Mexican, and even the popular “rasta” hat with fake dreadlocks! 197

An Elementary School in Massachusetts decided to cancel their annual Halloween costume parade to avoid any possible cultural appropriation. The school principal told parents in a letter, “During our conversations, we discussed how the costume parade is out of our ordinary routine and can be difficult for many students.” He went on to say that, “the parade is not inclusive of all the students and it is our goal each and every day to ensure all individual differences are respected.” 198

Other elementary schools in Wisconsin and New Mexico did the same thing. 199But it’s not just elementary schools which are afraid of Halloween. This same stupidity has infected college campuses across the country, and many major schools are now fearful of the holiday.

A now famous incident happened at Yale University in 2015 when a mob of one hundred angry students surrounded a school administrator and berated him because he didn’t support banning “offensive” Halloween costumes. He sent out an email explaining his position and was actually very sympathetic and supportive of SJWs cultural appropriation concerns, but refused to ban certain costumes.

He encouraged students to, “actively avoid those circumstances that threaten our sense of community or disrespect, alienate or ridicule segments of our population based on race, nationality, religious belief or gender expression,” but did say that students had a “right to express themselves.” 200Well, that triggered them.

One student literally shouted at him, “It is your job to create a place of comfort and home for the students that live in Silliman… Do you understand that!” When he started to respond, she shrieked, “Be quiet! Why the fuck did you accept the position? Who the fuck hired you?” When he started to reply, she interrupted him again, yelling at him to step down.

“If that is what you think about being a Master, then you should step down. It is not about creating an intellectual space! It is not! Do you understand that? It’s about creating a home here! You are not doing that. You’re going against that!” 201Video of the bizarre incident went viral, and he later resigned. 202