Universities Warn Against Blackface Halloween Costumes

By Daryl Hannah


With Halloween less than a week away, universities are warning students against dressing in Blackface, hosting watermelon-eating-themed parties, and other Halloween antics that preclude diversity and inclusion “all in the name of fun.”

For the second time in as many years, officials at the University of Minnesota sent a letter to students encouraging them to avoid “culturally insensitive” costumes that might also land them in trouble with the university.

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