Student campaign: Racist costumes are 'not okay'

The ad campaign features students of different races holding photographs of costumes they find offensive.

October 25, 2011 at 9:36PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A geisha. A terrorist. A woman in blackface, wearing a wig and a chain.

The posters depict Halloween costumes. The students who created them say they're offensive -- and all too common on college campuses.

The ad campaign by a group of Ohio University students is spreading online and has been featured by national media. Each poster says, "We're a culture, not a costume. This is not who I am, and it is not okay."

According to ABC News:

Students, what do you see during Halloween on your campus? How common are offensive costumes? Where do you draw the line between what's offensive and what's appropriate?

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