Costumes are no longer allowed. Cancel Halloween. https://t.co/bl64e3DvjF
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 22, 2016
Halloween may still be over a month away, but it’s never too early to ruin kids’ fun!
Disney pulled a #Moana Halloween costume after people pointed out dressing up as another race isn’t the best idea: https://t.co/wffIaqoYs0 pic.twitter.com/pwMQLsW0Vq
— Vulture (@vulture) September 22, 2016
Disney pulls #Moana costume critics called "Polyface" https://t.co/8xBc66sLNh pic.twitter.com/iBDSvHLgGx
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 22, 2016
Yes, that’s right. “Polyface.”
https://twitter.com/nerdypoc/status/777589062362402816
More from The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney said Wednesday it would no longer sell a boy’s costume for a Polynesian character that some Pacific Islanders have compared to blackface.
The getup depicts Maui — a revered figure in Polynesian oral traditions and viewed by some Pacific Islanders as an ancestor — who is a character in the upcoming animated movie Moana.It has a long-sleeve brown shirt and long pants featuring full-body tattoos. It comes with a fake shark-tooth necklace and green-leaf “skirt.”
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“The team behind Moana has taken great care to respect the cultures of the Pacific Islands that inspired the film, and we regret that the Maui costume has offended some,” the company said in a statement. “We sincerely apologize and are pulling the costume from our website and stores.”
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Because God forbid little kids be able to act like kids and dress up as their favorite characters!
@CathyYoung63 @vulture Things must be worse. People must have fewer choices and less fun.
— JT ? (@JTJrJr2) September 22, 2016
yeah, fuck those racist kids trying to look like one of their favorite movie characters.
— ?????? (@AdsByFlaherty) September 22, 2016
Good Lord. SJWs ruin everything.
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/779073752286040064
https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/779074098131525634
Little black and Hispanic girls who want to dress as blonde-haired Scandinavian Elsa will be very disappointed. https://t.co/4GYlW3AM0t
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) September 22, 2016
UPDATE: I misunderstood. Minority kids can still dress as white characters. White kids are prohibited from dressing as minority characters.
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) September 22, 2016
Question: What about the Polynesian kids who wanted to dress up as Maui?
So now even Pacific Islanders can't dress like Maui from #Moana. Smart. https://t.co/xtOGjlO7ct
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 22, 2016
@CathyYoung63 @vulture I'm Maori. That's MY race. Why am I being denied the opportunity to dress up?
— Chopstyx ? (@Chopstyx13) September 22, 2016
Trust the SJWs: It’s for your own good.
https://twitter.com/quingame59/status/779071711664803840
Because raaaaaaacist. Don’t you know?
I forgot that eliminating racism means children can't emulate & dress as their favorite characters if those characters are a different race.
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) September 22, 2016
I forgot the inherent progressivism in the maxim "hey kids, stick to your own race and check the skin color before emulating a person"
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) September 22, 2016
“Social justice” is a farce. Plain and simple.
SJWs now want to decide how kids' imagination gets to work.
Fuck them. https://t.co/LFLA9c2SuH— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) September 22, 2016
Peak-Halloween to be reached once we are only allowed to dress up as ourselves.
Like a society of social rejects.@redsteeze @vulture
— Uke (@UkeRocket) September 22, 2016
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