It was a different time.
It was extremely racist even at the time, but it was also a different time.
A different, much more racist time.
Yes, and oddly also somehow no. Yes, people were often super racist by modern standards, but there was also a less polarized societal climate and stuff like this flew by without anyone batting an eye or feeling offended over a costume like this.
Inclusion is of course better nowadays but I miss the innocence the past. People were much better taking bad takes in stride.
E: because it needs clarification, again: This isnt an american perspective. Stop assuming everyone was racist as fuck to black people just because you guys kept them as slaves, thanks
Things weren’t really more racist in the early 90’s. People were just much less “PC”.
I think we’ve swung too far the other way, really. Now everything is “offensive”, no matter how mundane, and in turn, everyone feels offended over the most petty of stuff. Things don’t seem to be better from it since more people are depressed, medicated, and diagnosed with mental health issues, but with all the other variables it’s impossible to really tell.
This would’ve been an amazing themed costume if it weren’t for the blackface. Dude could’ve just worn a Simpson jersey.
