Halloween is an awesome time of the year for huge companies, like Disney, to profit off their franchises.
Unfortunately, its also prime time for them to produce completely inappropriate costumes.
Disneys new Halloween costume, based on the character Maui, a Polynesian god voiced by Dwayne The Rock Johnsonin Moana, sparked outrageon Twitter, and for a good reason.
The costume features a grass skirt, a rope necklace and a brown bodysuit type of thing covered in tattoos.
But, it isnt the grass skirt, necklace or muscular padding that people are taking issue with. Its the skin tone of the fabric.
I mean, honestly, who thoughtthat was a good idea?
Yeah, Halloween is a time to dress up. Some costumes can definitely toe the line in a sort of funny, dumb way, but this one is straight-up wrong.
The trailer for Moana wasjustreleasedlast week, and people are already pumped, so this backlash is definitely bad timing for Disney.
People on Twitter werent quiet about how much they hated this costume and its obvious cultural appropriation.
Dear #Disney , our brown skin is not a costume. Get outta here with that crap. Sincerely, a furious brown skinned Pacific Islander. #Moana
taleifiji (@TaleiFiji) September 19, 2016
@Disney do you feel good about selling an item that allows POC to be worn as a Halloween costume. #atrocious #Moana pic.twitter.com/eVva86cduf
Common Street Person (@la_Guerrista) September 18, 2016
I doubt well see any kid wearing this Moana costume come Halloween.
Brown skin and ink is not a costume #Moana https://t.co/EBUfqcfgSs
Darcie Posz (@DarciePosz) September 20, 2016
Maui Costume for Kids https://t.co/A5Phni36Vo This might be the creepiest thing Disney has ever done. Wear another cultures skin!
Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) September 17, 2016
https://t.co/VW1c2003JX Dear @Disney this is cultural appropriation. & my culture is not a costume.
Keakeake (@8keakeake) September 18, 2016
Couldnt the people at Disney have come up with a less offensive outfit?
Got my Moana Halloween costume from @Disney! Going as “Someone Who Appropriates Different Cultures in an Uncomfortable Way”! pic.twitter.com/KaxQfgyV54
Benjamin Siemon (@BenjaminJS) September 19, 2016
Kids will literally be putting on a brown person’s skin with this new costume from Disney. https://t.co/wKR30o1Eco #Moana #Maui
Avital N. Nathman (@TheMamaFesto) September 20, 2016
@nerdypoc you can make a cute costume for Moana without doing something this horribly innapropriate Disney
Jade (@worshipHam) September 18, 2016
Some argue this costume is just a representation of the character in the movie and nothing more. Sure, that makes sense, but Maui isnt a character that Disney created. Hes based on a god in a Polynesian myth.
Did Disney not consider how people of Polynesian descent would feel about this costume? Hopefully Disney will learn to be more sensitive when it comes to costumes that also represent actual cultures, not just fictional movie characters.
Read more: http://elitedaily.com/social-news/halloween-costume-moana-racist/1616479/
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