Halloween Costume

Black people and Halloween theGrio.com

Can we talk about Halloween?

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Are sexy Halloween costumes empowering or problematic?

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Lil Nas X channels Nicki Minaj for Halloween costume

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Evil ‘KAREN’ mask released for Halloween, the ‘scariest thing you can be’

A Los Angeles special effects artist has created a Halloween mask that is trending online and being touted as “the
/ September 8, 2020
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Confederate flag wearing trick-or-treaters in Blackface confronted by brave teen

It was no treat for 17-year-old Esperanza Menendez who came face to face with two white males whose faces were painted Black as
/ November 6, 2018
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Racist Twitter users go hard after Gabrielle Union dresses like Gwen Stefani for Halloween

Gabrielle Union dressed up as Gwen Stefani for Halloween and several Twitter users nearly lost their ever loving minds.
/ October 31, 2018
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Police finally force family to remove ‘offensive’ Halloween decoration of lynched Black man

Halloween decoration or depiction of a lynching?
/ September 28, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Nevada cop’s Colin Kaepernick costume is racist and trash

The chief of the police for the University of Nevada, Reno, issued an apology after a member of his force wore a Colin Kaepernick Halloween costume.
/ October 31, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Staples employee somehow decides blackface costume is the way to go

A California Staples employee decided for some reason that the best Halloween costume this year was blackface.
/ October 30, 2017
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Lolo Jones' Drake-Rihanna 'joke' sparks Twitter backlash

theGRIO REPORT – U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones is receiving quite the backlash after taking a shot at Drake and Rihanna via Twitter.
/ April 11, 2014