Hi all,
at the risk of starting a fairly heated thread i wanted to get a few opinions on this.
My boyfriend and I are going to a costume party. He has decided to go as a cowboy so i decided to go as an Indian ie American Indian. I got an outfit and some very dark bronzer to darken my skin (i'm fair skinned). Then after i got everything i panicked thinking god in this very PC time would someone think this is racist? There was war in Austraila when a group of dancers painted their faces to be the Jackson Five for a talent show but at the same time if i decided to go as a Geisha and didn't paint my face but wore the clothes this probably wouldn't have crossed my mind. I hate how very PC times are becoming but don't want to offend anyone either!
at the risk of starting a fairly heated thread i wanted to get a few opinions on this.
My boyfriend and I are going to a costume party. He has decided to go as a cowboy so i decided to go as an Indian ie American Indian. I got an outfit and some very dark bronzer to darken my skin (i'm fair skinned). Then after i got everything i panicked thinking god in this very PC time would someone think this is racist? There was war in Austraila when a group of dancers painted their faces to be the Jackson Five for a talent show but at the same time if i decided to go as a Geisha and didn't paint my face but wore the clothes this probably wouldn't have crossed my mind. I hate how very PC times are becoming but don't want to offend anyone either!