Kate Egan Diversity Response

I really liked the diversity event. I was surprised by how controversial the topics were, but it gave us all an idea of how harsh the real world is. All of the questions made us think of what we believe. One of the questions that caught my attention was about it being ok or not okay to dress up in a costume depicting another racial group. Personally I think it depends on the situation and the person who would be wearing the costume. As long as the person wearing the costume isn’t doing it to be offensive and isn’t making fun of the group I believe it would be ok. However I know there are a lot of immature people who wouldn’t be able to handle the situation and would give offense to certain people. For Halloween I dressed up as an Indian. I was NOT doing this to make a scene or make fun of anyone. I was dressing up as Pocahontas. This question separated the group & even though we weren’t suppose to judge each other, I could kind of sense people were doing that. I guess I see it is okay if you dress up as a character. For example Pocahontas, mulan, or Michael Jordan. I do see where people could get the wrong idea when someone is dressed up and they may be offended, but we do have a choice. I just thought this was an interesting question, and I don’t mean to sound like I don’t care about these groups of people. Anyway I liked the diversity event a lot and it really made me see what I believe versus others.