Nightmare in Party City

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Costume from Party City
Halloween costumes that are meant to represent and resemble another culture are supposed to be for fun and laughs. However, it could be the exact opposite. Like the video says, costumes could be very offensive to the culture it is based off of because Halloween costumes are meant to be funny or scary. The person wearing the costume could be implying that the culture is funny or scary, even if they didn't intend to in the first place. To me, it isn't a problem if people are trying to dress up as another person, and therefore wear costumes, or accessories to make them look similar. The problem is when people will dress up as a culture, not knowing why they are dressed up like that, and wearing it anyways because it looks coo. This is evident in native costumes, or "Indians," where people think it is okay to wear them because they look cool, or funny, but in reality they are being disrespectful to their culture.
"Mexican" costume being sold on Ebay
Halloween is a time to wear weird costumes that you wouldn't wear the other days of the year, but to some extent. There are Halloween costumes that are inappropriate and shouldn't be worn. When they are trying to imitate another culture, are offensive towards a person or group of people, or if they contain sexual content, then they would be considered inappropriate costumes. Personally, I haven't encountered inappropriate costumes, nor have I worn one.

To stop people from wearing inappropriate, culture appropriating costumes means that stores should stop selling those costumes in the first place. The less inappropriate costumes that are sold to people, the less we see of inappropriate costumes in the streets. Another way to convince people from wearing inappropriate costumes is to spread the word. People are already getting the message out online which helped, but it isn't enough. Soon, more and more people will learn to stop wearing costumes that mock other cultures and understand that it is disrespectful. Whether this issue will fully cease is not guaranteed, but it could definitely help with the use of those strategies.

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