Groan.
Via NY Post:
There’s much wrong with Halloween today. From slutty nun costumes to Walmart having to pull a sexy leopard toddler costume, plenty makes you want to avert your eyes on what should be a fun-filled holiday. But an undercurrent of racism?
Last week, Pottery Barn felt obliged to apologize and pull two Halloween costumes from its stores: a kimono and a sushi-chef outfit. An Asian-American civil-rights group had complained the outfits were culturally offensive.
It’s hard to argue when someone says they’re offended, but it’s just not right that these costumes are deemed racist when they plainly aren’t.
What, exactly, is racist about a sushi chef costume, even with the Japanese flag on the chef hat? Would a French chef outfit, complete with French flag and even a Frenchy moustache, cause the same outrage?
A kimono is traditional Japanese dress. Is a kilt, the traditional Scottish outfit, also offensive? Have we gotten so fearful in our culture that we have to treat any charge of racism so irrationally?