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Halloween Stereotypes
I believe people dress up on Halloween as stereotype of someone else culture because they want to be unique and fun at the same time. I do believe that it is racist because I do not think they take the time to know about the culture and what has happen to the culture in the past. In their heads they just think “Oh this is going to be a fun costume this year” and dress up not thinking it is going to offend anyone. Or they do know it is going to offend but they still do it because they do not care.
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