Discussion

One of the questions I found interesting in the diversity event was whether dressing in the attire of a person from another culture for a costume party or Halloween was offensive. I do not think it is because people do it all the time, and I believe it is more of a way of celebrating that culture than making fun of it. In fact, I’ve taken a few hula classes and the instructors encouraged us to dress in hula attire, even though I’m not Hawaiian. But we were celebrating Hawaiian culture, and I think that that’s what people are doing when they dress like that for costume parties or Halloween too. I don’t think it has anything to do with being racist or mocking other cultures. I think many people just like experiencing other styles and cultures, and doing something other than what is ordinary for them. I think the diversity event was very informative about teaching us other’s views and some ideas that are prevalent in society. The discussion afterwards was also very insightful because I learned other people’s opinions on the questions, since we weren’t able to speak during the activity.