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Originally posted by Optimist Prime
historical context has nothing to do with it
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Herein lies the problem. To state that "historical context has nothing to do with it" is to COMPLETELY miss the point of why the act is offensive to minority groups to begin with. You simply cannot instruct people to disregard the context of their emotional connection to this issue. For members of a minority group with a history of oppressioin, it simply cannot be done.
And YOU may think the costume has "nothing to do with" the historical context, but the deep-rooted emotional reaction to the costume has EVERYTHING to do with history.