It’s nearly Halloween, and thus, it’s time for annual reminders of what is and what is not an appropriate being to dress up as on 31 October.
This should go without saying, but because every bloody year someone does it, it bears repeating: Blackface is never, ever okay. Wait, even if – no. Never. Ever.
Also not cool – dressing up as any race or culture, because funnily enough, someone else’s culture is not something you get to dress up as for lols.
Don’t dress up as a real-life murderer. Don’t dress up as Anne Frank.
And I’d like to add another concept to that list: Don’t dress up as someone mentally ill.
I’m not talking about fictional villains who could maybe have done with some intensive CBT. I’m talking about mental illness as a costume.
‘Psycho’ costumes. ‘Schizo’ costumes. Split personality costumes. The general ‘escaped from the nuthouse’ costume.
Anything involving a straitjacket. Anything with ‘crazy’ in the name. Dressing… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/23/mental-illness-is-not-a-halloween-costume-7019174/
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