I’ve written about Halloween already this month (and once last year too) but I wanted to include some more links to and reminders about the holiday, about racist/problematic costumes, and cultural appropriation.

Halloween

• Is your Halloween costume racist? – Kat Lazo
• Don’t be a racist for Halloween – Here’s why cultures aren’t costumes – Kat Blaque
• Halloween costumes you might want to skip this year – Emanuella Grinberg
• Epic takedown of racist Halloween Costumes (in the form of a baking tutorial) – Kat Lazo
• Halloween blackface costumes 2015: Why dressing up as a cultural stereotype is racist – Cristina Silva
• To those appropriating Dia de los Muertos this year – ChuppaRosa
• Halloween costumes and blackface: Yes it’s racist and here’s why – Charissa Van Horn

Cultural Appropriation

• What’s wrong with cultural appropriation? These 9 answers reveal its harm – Maisha Z. Johnson
• Your guide to avoiding cultural appropriation – Kadia Blagrove
• Zendaya breaks down the differences between cultural appropriation and appreciation – Zeba Blay
• Cultural appropriation 101: Featuring Geisha Katy Perry and the great wave of Asian influence – Lauren Duca
• Amanda Stenberg schools everyone on cultural appropriation in this powerful video – Lilly Workneh
• Whiteness goggles set out to change how you see cultural appropriation – Priscilla Frank
• Don’t get what’s wrong with blackface? Here’s why it’s so offensive. – Jenée Desmond-Harris

Lastly, some easy and last minute Halloween costume ideas:

• Life – wear a shirt that says life and hand out lemons
• A Ceiling Fan – Put a sign that says “Go Ceilings!!!!” on your shirt.
• A ghost – white sheet over your head (maybe include eye holes to see)
• Nudist on strike – wear clothes and have a cardboard sign with the phrase “nudist on strike”
• Waldo of Where’s Waldo