Students have also been told to avoid "white trash" costumes and anything that portrays a particular culture as "over-sexualized" - which would seem to preclude most students from wearing their everyday attire.
They are also asked not to host parties with offensive themes including those with “ghetto” or "hillbilly" themes. And in one final sweeping category, the university suggested no costumes associated with "crime or sex work." Apparently this was an effort to also eliminate dressing up as any athlete or politician.
This sort of hyper-PC move is obviously ridiculous and I don’t support it in principle. However, I do take a little solace in the fact that the school has eliminated almost every conceivable costume not directly associated with Halloween. It would be nice to see some costumes that really get back to the spirit of the holiday. You know, such things as ghosts, goblins, ghouls and witches.
Strike that… no witches. We wouldn’t want to unfairly stereotype or offend anyone at The Pagan Federation.
