Sexy Halloween Costumes Banned By University: White Trash, Ghetto and Hillbilly 'Too Offensive'
Sexy Halloween Costumes Banned By University
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Sexy Halloween Costumes Banned By University: White Trash, Ghetto and Hillbilly 'Too Offensive'
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A US university has banned its students from wearing over-sexualised Halloween costumes, including cowboys, Indians and anything involving a sombrero.
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU) told its students to also avoid holding parties with themes such as hillbilly, white trash, ghetto, or anything to do with crime or sex work.
A post on the university's website read: "If you are planning to celebrate Halloween by dressing up in a costume, consider the impact your costume decision may have on others in the CU community.
"As a CU Buff, making the choice to dress up as someone from another culture, either with the intention of being humorous or without the intention of being disrespectful, can lead to inaccurate and hurtful portrayals of other peoples' cultures in the CU community.
[We have] witnessed and been impacted by people who dressed in costumes that included blackface or sombreros/serapes; people have also chosen costumes that portray particular cultural identities as overly sexualized, such as geishas, "squaws," or stereotypical, such as cowboys and Indians."
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Women's Versions Of Men's Costumes
Ron Burgundy From 'Anchorman'(01 of13)
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For when wearing pants or just dressing as Veronica Corningstone is out of the question. (credit:Spirit Halloween)
Sheriff Rick Grimes From 'The Walking Dead'(02 of13)
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Not even the female characters on the show would wear heels or mini skirts. (credit:Spirit Halloween)
Beetlejuice(03 of13)
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...If he were a pirate's girlfriend. (credit:HalloweenCostumes.com)
Harry & Lloyd From 'Dumb & Dumber'(04 of13)
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These costumes are fine from the waist up, but they just had to go with the go-go boots. (credit:HalloweenCostumes.com)
Any Ghostbuster(05 of13)
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The hot pants and cleavage are ridiculous enough, but the most insulting part of this costume is probably the baseball hat. (credit:HalloweenCostumes.com)
V From 'V For Vendetta'(06 of13)
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Who needs a Guy Fawkes mask when you've got short shorts and thigh-high boots? (credit:Spirit Halloween)
'Star Wars' Characters Other Than Princess Leia(07 of13)
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If you want to be a sexy "Star Wars" character, you can't go wrong with Princess Leia and her gold bikini. If you want to be Chewbacca, you should probably at least wear pants. (credit:Yandy)
Willy Wonka(08 of13)
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You know what wasn't missing from Gene Wilder's costume? A pleated skirt. (credit:Yandy)
Kato(09 of13)
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The Green Hornet's sidekick, ladies and gentlemen. (credit:HalloweenCostumes.com)
Harry Potter(10 of13)
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She would have dressed up as Hermione but that would require wearing a sweater. (credit:HalloweenCostumes.com)
'Wild Thing' From 'Major League'(11 of13)
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For the woman who wants to dress up as a Charlie Sheen character in a movie from about 25 years ago, but doesn't want to wear a full shirt. (credit:Spirit Halloween)
Freddy Krueger From 'A Nightmare On Elm Street'(12 of13)
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Don't worry, they put Jason in a dress, too. (credit:Spirit Halloween)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle(13 of13)
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If this is Donatello, I really don't want to know what the female version of Splinter looks like. (credit:HalloweenCostumes.com)
A spokesperson for CU told Campus Reform: "When you dress up as a cowboy, and you have your sheriff badge on and a big cowboy hat, that's not a representation of a cowboy, that's not a representation of people who work on a ranch that's not a representation of people who live in the West, that's kind of a crude stereotype."