Halloween Celebrations ~October 31st
As we prepare for Halloween, we are inviting students to wear their costumes or wear black and/or orange if they choose. We are reminding families of their responsibility to ensure that they avoid using identities and cultures as costumes. This includes appropriative costumes/cultural stereotypes (e.g. cultural garments), black/brown face, transphobic costumes (e.g. man dressed as a woman), body-shaming and objectifying costumes, and costumes that joke about situations that have caused harm (e.g. COVID pandemic). Such costumes perpetuate stereotypes and can cause harm that can further marginalize and oppress community members.
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