Halloween Costumes that are banned in schools

[Sage Ninja]

these are the 8 Halloween costumes that are banned from certain schools across the country.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/w...id=iehp#page=1

1. JESUS CHRIST

2. SUPERHEROES

3. GEISHAS, SQUAWS, AND COWBOYS

4. SOMBREROS

5. TRENCH COATS

6. CROSS-DRESSING

7. SEXY NURSE

8. ANYTHING WITH A WEAPON


Reasons for no Jesus Christ:

In 2013, a student at Highland Park High School in Illinois was made to remove his Jesus costume because the school said it was “offensive” and that he was “promoting religion.” The senior told the press that he wore the costume because Jesus was the “most influential person” in his life, but the school upheld their policy against costumes that could be offensive to someone’s religion, culture, gender, heritage, or sexual orientation.

reason for no super heroes:

The Halloween staples were thought to be too scary for some children, so administrators at an unidentified school sent a letter to parents ahead of the holiday. Written in Comic Sans, the notice, which was shared on reddit in 2014, states that superheroes including (but not limited to) Wolverine, Batman, Superman, the Power Rangers, and “any of the Fantastic 4” are not allowed, and neither are witches, ghosts, or any other costume that would be “scary to a small child.”

reasons for no GEISHAS, SQUAWS, AND COWBOYS:

In 2013, the Dean at the University of Colorado Boulder issued a memo to the student body asking them to “consider the impact [their] costume decision may have on others in the CU community.” Featured on the list of frowned-upon Halloween garb were “costumes that portray particular cultural identities as overly sexualized, such as geishas, 'squaws,' or stereotypical, such as cowboys and Indians.” The memo also asked that students not host parties whose themes could be considered offensive, like “ghetto” or “white trash/hillbilly.”

reasons for no sombreros:

The Guild of Students at the University of Birmingham in Alabama stopped its peers from participating in what it called “discriminatory behavior” by banning certain costumes at events, including sombreros and ponchos that some students wore to dress like “Mexicans.”

reasons for no trench coats:

In 1999, parents in Littleton, Colo. and other towns in America convinced schools to ban trench coats and all-black clothing year-round because the goth fashion was too closely associated with the students responsible for the Columbine High School shooting. “School administrators started considering these groups to be gangs and harassment of students was rampant with unwarranted backpack searches, detainment in the hallways by security guards, and being called into the administrative offices for questioning,” student Jennifer Muzquiz told CNN at the time

reasons for no cross-dressing:

According to reports, an Eastchester, N.Y. school once banned cross-dressing to “stop students from mocking gay, bisexual and transgendered students as a costume prank.” In 2014, an advocacy group objected to the ban but the superintendent, Walter Moran, stood behind the decision. “Any student has the absolute right to cross-dress any day or days, and the school respects that student's personal decision,” read a statement by Moran. “In an effort to respect the race, religion and gender of our students, we believe that Halloween costumes should not make light of this.”

reasons for no sexy nurse:

At Quinnipiac University, the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer said that insensitive costumes, including “blackface, or as a Mexican, hooker, gangster or promiscuous nurse,” were just as offensive as “writing the ‘N-word’ on a blackboard or a chalkboard or a whiteboard in the dorms or in the residence halls.”

reasons for no weapons:

An elementary school in New Jersey wanted to compromise with parents and their children in 2007, so they allowed some costumes to be worn without the accessories. The New York Times reported that throughout the school there were gun-less cowboys, sword less pirates, and devils without pitchforks. “When you consider all the horrific things that have happened in recent years, including 9/11,” said a teacher at the school, “I can’t blame any school for wanting to steer away from anything that might promote violence.”

so there you have it. I'm mixed on this, some of these like no sexy nurse, or trench coat wearing, or no weapons with costumes I can under stand. The sexy nurse, though fun is not very appropriate for school, and the trench coats can come off like "a gang" and some kids might be dumb ass enough to bring in a real weapons to make their costume more authentic, but the others I think are little much.

Though the Jesus Christ and cross dressing costume ban might could come across as making fun of transgender and Christians for students who want to use the opportunity to be assholes behind the guise of "Halloween." (Does this mean dressing up like an angel is banned too since it is related to religion)?

Also what does the school do with the students who dress transgender all year round? Will they make them wear clothes that denies their gender identity so as not to appear insensitive to the very life style they live? How about students who dress up like a character that is the opposite sex as them, will little Susie be made to take off her pirate customer because it's a boy pirate with a goatee? Maybe she should be girl pirate, but wait she looks like a serving wench now and not a real pirate and that's too sexual--send the little up start home!

I used to love to dress like an native American and angel as a kid, I think it is sad kids can't do this any more in some schools. I can kinda under stand not wanting to promote negative stereotypes about Native Americans by why not use this opportunity to educate kids about what I real native American looked and acted like rather than banning it?

Everything else--psssshhhhh! Come on people...all kids love dressing up as super heroes, geishas, ninjas, cowboys, ghosts and witches...why rob them of that? It's sucking the essence out of Halloween. And don't get me started on why sombreros being banned is ****ed up and stupid... Is every kid just going to dress up like Disney Princesses and Disney heroes?