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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
But I also can't say that I'm not offended by it, because that's a cliche answer?
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Why can't you?
ETA:
White people, in general, also have a tendency to attempt to reduce and simplify discussions to "are you telling me I can't..." when this is not about what white people can and cannot do.
ETA2: The fact that you're not offended by it is not the cliche` part. The "unless it has to do with my family or me" is the cliche` part because it does not address the root of this, racial dynamics and power dynamics. That does not mean you cannot say "unless it has to do with my family and me" but it is still a common response.
The blackface costumers are no more dressing up as my family or me than a whiteface costumer is dressing up as your family or you. Yet, I don't want the blackface costumers to have at it because this is about much more than "my family and me" and individual opinions.