Does Halloween Reduce Cultural Differences Or Stereotypes?

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Halloween is the time when adults and teenagers dress up as people that can offend people 's cultures. Students wear things that may or may not be offensive to people. The letter from Dean Burgwell Howard talks about how students should be careful and be conscious of what they wear during Halloween. Students should ask themselves the following questions; Wearing a funny costume? Is the humor based on “making fun” of real people, human traits or cultures? Wearing a historical costume? If this costume is meant to be historical, does it further misinformation or historical and cultural inaccuracies? Wearing a ‘cultural’ costume? Does this costume reduce cultural differences to jokes or stereotypes? Wearing a ‘religious’ costume? Does this costume