{"id":101,"date":"2017-10-23T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/10\/23\/20171023controversial-halloween-costumes\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:52:56","slug":"20171023controversial-halloween-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/10\/23\/20171023controversial-halloween-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;My Culture is Not a Costume&#8221; campaign at Quinnipiac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dorah Labatte<\/p>\n<div class=\"\n  sqs-gallery-container\n  sqs-gallery-block-grid\n  sqs-gallery-aspect-ratio-square\n  sqs-gallery-thumbnails-per-row-4\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  clear\"\n  \n  \n><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-gallery\">\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    \n                      role=\"presentation\"\n                    \n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-27-at-8.50.43-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-27 at 8.50.43 PM.png\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-27-at-8.50.43-PM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-27-at-8.50.43-PM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"497x349\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-27 at 8.50.43 PM.png\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59f429c727ef2d09a21ace04\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div 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University STARS* student group campaign\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59f1680cb1ffb623dd218b9e\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    \n                      role=\"presentation\"\n                    \n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.36.55-AM.png\" alt=\"Southern Utah University Campaign\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.36.55-AM.png\" 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Campaign\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.38.14-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.38.14-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"495x702\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"University of Minnesota Campaign\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59f16725010027d09b3f7487\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    \n                      role=\"presentation\"\n                    \n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.38.42-AM.png\" alt=\"Northern Arizona University Campaign\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.38.42-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.38.42-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1099x665\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Northern Arizona University Campaign\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59f16726f6576e5c92cb357d\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\" data-type=\"image\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<div class=\"margin-wrapper\">\n<p>                <a\n                  \n                    \n                      role=\"presentation\"\n                    \n                  \n\n                  class=\"\n                    image-slide-anchor\n                    \n                    content-fill\n                  \"\n                ><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ItsaCultureNotaCostume.jpg\" alt=\"Quinnipiac University Campaign\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ItsaCultureNotaCostume.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ItsaCultureNotaCostume.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"833x717\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Quinnipiac University Campaign\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59f1681c29f187e071d92ce8\" data-type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"design-grid-css\">\n#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1508991962935_52815 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid { margin-right: -20px; }\n#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1508991962935_52815 .sqs-gallery-block-grid .sqs-gallery-design-grid-slide .margin-wrapper { margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; }\n<\/style>\n<p>The \u201cmy culture is not a costume\u201d campaign was first introduced to Quinnipiac University in 2014 by the Department of Cultural and Global Engagement (DCGE.) The campaign was inspired by the \u201cwe\u2019re a culture, not a costume\u201d campaign by the Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS) student group at Ohio University. Some of the cultural costumes in the campaign include the Native American costume, Mexican costume, costumes involving black face, geisha costumes and gay\/lesbian costumes. Many of these costumes are still sold at Halloween costume superstores like Party City and Spirit Halloween.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\n  sqs-gallery-container\n  sqs-gallery-block-slideshow\n  \n  \n  sqs-gallery-has-controls\n  sqs-gallery-has-thumbnails\n\n  \n    sqs-gallery-block-show-meta sqs-gallery-block-meta-position-bottom\n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  clear\"\n  \n  \n><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-gallery\">\n<div class=\"slide content-fill\" data-type=\"image\" data-click-through-url=\"\">\n<p>                <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.53.42-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-28 at 2.53.42 AM.png\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.53.42-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.53.42-AM.png\" 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         aria-label=\"Previous Slide\"\n          ><\/a><br \/>\n          <a\n            tabindex=\"0\"\n            role=\"button\"\n            class=\"next\"\n            aria-label=\"Next Slide\"\n          ><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- END .sqs-gallery-meta-container --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-gallery-thumbnails\" >\n<p>          <img\n            tabindex=\"0\"\n            role=\"button\"\n            aria-label=\"Slide 1\"\n            data-load=\"false\"\n            data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.53.42-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.53.42-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"782x631\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-28 at 2.53.42 AM.png\" \n            data-type=\"image\"\n          \/><\/p>\n<p>          <img\n            tabindex=\"0\"\n            role=\"button\"\n            aria-label=\"Slide 2\"\n            data-load=\"false\"\n            data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.29.34-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.29.34-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1068x625\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-26 at 12.29.34 AM.png\" \n            data-type=\"image\"\n          \/><\/p>\n<p>          <img\n            tabindex=\"0\"\n            role=\"button\"\n            aria-label=\"Slide 3\"\n            data-load=\"false\"\n            data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.30.30-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.30.30-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1043x625\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-26 at 12.30.30 AM.png\" \n            data-type=\"image\"\n          \/><\/p>\n<p>          <img\n            tabindex=\"0\"\n            role=\"button\"\n            aria-label=\"Slide 4\"\n            data-load=\"false\"\n            data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.31.57-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-26-at-12.31.57-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1024x662\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-26 at 12.31.57 AM.png\" \n            data-type=\"image\"\n          \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The campaign aims to raise awareness on cultural appropriation during Halloween in hopes students will stop buying these costumes.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, many universities in different states in the the nation have recreated the campaign on their campuses. The Quinnipiac \u201cmy culture is not a costume\u201d campaign included costumes that mock those who suffer from a mental illness, in addition to those that mock races, religions and ethnicities.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:1275.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:129.41177368164062%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Abbie O' Neill\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.jpg\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"1275x1650\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Abbie O' Neill\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59f428ec8165f5c07f290d2d\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Photo courtesy of Abbie O&#8217; Neill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Quinnipiac\u2019s Latino cultural society president, Kelsey Bombon, was involved in the campaign. Bombon held a photo of an individual in an anorexia costume.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOnce the photo was published I felt no one understood it,\u201d said Bombon. She added that the campaign in 2016 was rushed and the photos were marketed too late.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy freshmen year, when they did it for the first time, it was was more impactful because orientation leaders were a part of it&#8230;many people knew who the faces of the campaign were,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt started as students holding images of costumes that are not appropriate. The view on it was one of three things. Either students walked by and knew nothing of it, they saw their friends in the images and made fun of them or students would see it and recognize that they couldn\u2019t wear the costume but didn\u2019t understand why,\u201d said Abbie O\u2019Neill, DCGE director of student engagement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>O\u2019Neill said this year she aimed to make the campaign more active than passive. DCGE alongside the student government association hosted various events to provide a space for students to tell their stories and have a discussion about cultural appropriation. The most recent was \u201cyour voice at Quinnipiac\u201d on Oct. 20 in the piazza, where students volunteered to tell their personal stories related to cultural appropriation and discussed with others why it is wrong.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I feel like there are still people who have a lot to learn&#8230;there are people who are aware of the campaign but don&#8217;t understand the deeper meaning of \u2018my culture is not a costume,&#8221; said Yadley Turnier, student leader on the multicultural council.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Turnier attended \u201cyour voice at Quinnipiac\u201d where she participated in discussions about cultural appropriation during Halloween.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt happens all year round, but we only notice it around Halloween,\u201d said O\u2019Neill. Students face bias related incidents and hate crimes throughout the year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Megan Buda, Quinnipiac director of student conduct, said the data student affairs has in relation to bias-incident reports does not reflect an increase in inappropriate Halloween costumes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDon\u2019t remember having any reported bias incidents related to Halloween costumes that was reported to us,\u201d she added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although there isn\u2019t an influx of reports during the Halloween holiday, there have been more reports on bias-related incidents over the years.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think there\u2019s more conversation around it now than when we first started,\u201d said O\u2019Neill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:395.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:132.65823364257812%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.38.15-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-28 at 2.38.15 AM.png\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.38.15-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-28-at-2.38.15-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"395x524\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-10-28 at 2.38.15 AM.png\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59f42a138e7b0f7a602b1141\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBias, Harassment and Discrimination policy\u201d is defined in the student handbook. If you experience or witness such actions taking place, report it to Quinnipiac\u2019s office of student affairs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dorah Labatte The \u201cmy culture is not a costume\u201d campaign was first introduced to Quinnipiac University in 2014 by the Department of Cultural and Global Engagement (DCGE.) The campaign was inspired by the \u201cwe\u2019re a culture, not a costume\u201d campaign by the Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS) student group at Ohio University. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/10\/23\/20171023controversial-halloween-costumes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;My Culture is Not a Costume&#8221; campaign at Quinnipiac<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,60,55,57,33,56,58,4],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quinnipiac","tag-biased-related-incidents","tag-campus-climate","tag-cultural-appropriation","tag-halloween","tag-halloween-costumes","tag-my-culture-is-not-a-costume","tag-national","tag-quinnipiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3312,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}