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  • So the Red Indian is bad but the Pilgrim is okay? - because the article implies they've both been offensive in their choice of outfits.

    I think that the Indian/Pilgrim combo actually makes it less bad than just dressing up as an Indian, or a cowboy/Indian combo. In this case you have a sort of social historical comment, rather than just a single reinforcement of a cultural stereotype.

  • Well, that's the thing: they're not making comments, they're just dressing up.

    That said, if one of them had elected to go as the Ku Klux Klan. I'd be horrified.