Teh One Who Knocks
11-02-2015, 01:01 PM
By Brendan Kelly - Opposing Views
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It has come to be expected that somebody will have a Halloween costume that can come across as offensive or insensitive. This year two of those people were Kylie Jenner and Nicky Hilton.
On Halloween, Jenner shared a video of herself in costume with the caption, “Eskimo.” The problem with this, as many people pointed out, is that “Eskimo” is generally considered to be a slur. Inuit and Yupik people generally find the term “Eskimo” to be offensive because it was originally said to mean “eater of raw meat.”
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Later on, Jenner uploaded another photo of herself in her costume and she changed the caption to “Snow Princess,” possibly in an attempt to avoid offending anybody again.
Nicky Hilton also managed to offend people when she was showed up to the Casamigos Tequila Halloween Party on October 30, wearing dressed up as a Native American, or an “Indian.”
http://i.imgur.com/1wWjqj1.jpg
Her sister, Paris Hilton, similarly landed herself in some hot water in 2010 when she showed up to a Halloween party dressed as a “sexy Indian.”
http://i.imgur.com/Gyp60P1.jpg
It has come to be expected that somebody will have a Halloween costume that can come across as offensive or insensitive. This year two of those people were Kylie Jenner and Nicky Hilton.
On Halloween, Jenner shared a video of herself in costume with the caption, “Eskimo.” The problem with this, as many people pointed out, is that “Eskimo” is generally considered to be a slur. Inuit and Yupik people generally find the term “Eskimo” to be offensive because it was originally said to mean “eater of raw meat.”
http://i.imgur.com/YQf9VpI.png
Later on, Jenner uploaded another photo of herself in her costume and she changed the caption to “Snow Princess,” possibly in an attempt to avoid offending anybody again.
Nicky Hilton also managed to offend people when she was showed up to the Casamigos Tequila Halloween Party on October 30, wearing dressed up as a Native American, or an “Indian.”
http://i.imgur.com/1wWjqj1.jpg
Her sister, Paris Hilton, similarly landed herself in some hot water in 2010 when she showed up to a Halloween party dressed as a “sexy Indian.”