Should Clowns Be Allowed To Wear On Halloween

There was a remake of the movie called “IT”, which was released this year. This movie is about a demon, named Pennywise, who is dressed as a clown. Pennywise feasts on children’s fear, meaning that he eats the children that are afraid. When you think of clowns, you

In recent years, Halloween costumes have created controversy because they touch on the issue of cultural appropriation. Children are simply not aware of how their costumes can unwittingly offend certain cultures or ethnic groups, and parents are also often unsure as to which costume ideas qualify as “culturally respectful”. In the LA Times opinion editorial, “On Halloween, parents have no choice but to wade into fraught cultural politics,” Oppenheimer argues that picking a Halloween costume is a challenging task with many grey areas as to what is considered offensive to various religious or ethnic groups who are often the inspiration behind Halloween costumes. He asserts that all individuals should take care to avoid culturally appropriating, but that there are also grey areas in costume choice where appropriation isn’t as clearly defined. In order to illustrate the nuanced challenge of picking costumes, Oppenheimer utilizes an anecdote to show how societal values have changed within his lifetime. He shares, “When I was 10, I was in love with a musical theater; if you’d forced me to dress up for Halloween, I might have been chosen a character from ‘Dreamgirls,’ a play about African Americans” (Oppenheimer 3). It is evident that he was not aware of what was socially acceptable in society being that he was merely 10 years old. Considering that much time has passed, by reflecting back to his past self, he is able to realize that dressing this way could have touched many sensitive areas of cultural appropriating a race. As there are no specific set of standards established in society, individuals follow and adhere to what is presented in front of them. It is utterly challenging for all individuals to identify what is permitted in society despite the diversity in ethnic groups and age. While the youths are struggling to find the perfect balance to avoid cultural appropriating a group, it is also difficult for adults to distinguish the difference. To advise the individuals in recognizing the difference in regards to the significance of certain Halloween costumes, Oppenheimer utilizes an appeal to authority with an Yale scholar and former preschool teacher, Erika Christakis. It is ideal that, “...when it comes to the

It can also be caused by specific phobias such as the fear clowns, spiders, the dark, strangers, open spaces, holes, and dogs. Not only are specific fears known for causing Samhainophobia but the media can play a huge part in causing the fear due to horror movies where a mass murderer is running around killing people on Halloween. The National Mental Health Association believes that genetics can also play a role in

Clowns always frightened me as a child, but one Halloween made it even worse. I was on a haunted house tour with my family when I accidentally was diverted. Not knowing I was alone for a while I wandered into a room full of killer-looking clowns and they all swarmed me at once. The quick outburst of them from every direction was so terrifying that I passed out right where I was standing and awoke in the hospital. I looked over to my mom and she said "They have something to say." I looked to my right side and I saw the clowns once again this time they looked even more evil. Once again I passed out.

Clowns are draped all over social media and the news. People are using clown outfits just to get a popular video up on the internet. Clowns showing up by lampposts and chasing people around city streets. They send a mind crippling fear into people when they think of being in a situation with a killer clown. Imagine walking down what could be any street when you look down an old dirt road that you have passed a million times; You see it, it is what looks to be a blood thirsty clown waiting for a victim. Ironically it is most likely a guy who wants a funny video or just trying to get a good Halloween scare. A killer clown who is actually just a regular guy in a clown mask from Target... wait Target has missed out on huge clown mask sales due

“It” in its origins, is Stephen King’s 1100 page literary masterpiece that has bred Coulrophobia within many who dared to sojourn through the novel. Nevertheless, it was the novel’s subject in focus, Pennywise the Clown, embodied in full flesh by Tim Curry that amassed a sadistic following and obsession with the arrival of the 1990 TV miniseries on ABC. Curry’s portrayal of the dancing clown quickly became a hallmark image for the horror canon, if not the face of horror movies altogether. Flash forward 27 years later, the fear of clowns has burgeoned into a commonplace phobia and horror trope. With all this to say, no clown has terrorized us in our nightmares quite like Curry’s Pennywise. Well, that was the case until Bill Skarsgård came along with a darker rendition of the fiendish entity in Andrés Muschietti remake of “It.”

Staff writer, Jennings Brown, in his article, “We All Need to Calm Down about the Clowns” claims that these clowns that are “terrorizing” or “injuring” other people are actually completely harmless. He supports his claim by first stating that back in early August in the town of Greenville, South Carolina, children claimed that there had been clowns try to lure them into the woods. These clowns come every year a few months before Halloween, they are only here to give people a scare.

The appearance of pennywise the clown would induce nightmares in most children. He has pale white skin, a red nose and a receding hairline with the rest of his head covered in curly red clown hair. As for his clothes, Pennywise wears classic circus clown clothes. A one piece that is brightly colored with blue sleeves and a yellow body. The purpose of Pennywise the Clowns actions and appearance are meant to do one thing. To scare children. When pennywise the clown is first seen talking to Georgie, although he is extremely creepy being in a gutter, a place no one would ever want to see a clown he seems friendly in his demeanor. However, when he pulls Georgie into the gutter his face becomes even more demonic and he gives a chilling smile and laugh with fanglike, yellow stained teeth.

This Halloween will not be as exciting as I hoped. Most people say I am bad luck and no one wants to touch me or even look at me. Most black cats are bad luck when you touch them,but I am a nice black cat. I just want someone to pick me up and play with me,but when someone looks at me they run away screaming. I do not understand why people could be so cruel to things like me. I hate Halloween,kids are always trick-or-treating and they are all dressed up as monsters and all kinds of things. Who would want to dress up as something they are not?

Name’s Tom Foolery. I’m a clown. Or what the normal people had designated ‘Homo fossor’ or human clown. There were many new classes of ‘humans’ in Circus City. From the fire-breathers, acrobats, freaks, contortionists, clowns, and numerous other ‘pseudo’ humans the Big Top had to offer. It had only been about forty years since the rest of the world

We shouldn't allow the clown costumes because a lot of clowns do not respect other fears and they are very disrespectful some clowns are taking it too far and try to kill people, if you see the news you will find a lot of violence clown attacks, !we must ban the clown costumes!

After reading the article my perspective on Halloween costumes is, some costumes can cause racist understandings. Some costume can cause others to feel like racism is being shown due to the person wearing it. Yet, they are infants who wear them. How are they supposed to know that it’s about a certain culture, race or even religion? Kids don’t look at costume and point out that it’s from that certain religion or race. Now we do have adults who understand the concept of discrimination, some costumes that adults choose to wear are racist. They know what the meaning of the costume is. Unlike kids, kids choose a costume that looks cool, or even scary looking. For example, the new Donald Trump costume where the person wearing it, has Trump carrying

I hate clowns they scare the crap out of me. I have had bad experiences with clowns at haunted houses so I am terrified of them. I do not see why someone would go to the doctor or anything like this. People are strange and such . There is many more bizarre ways to dress and present yourself, just clowns came to my mind.

There is nothing more exciting than deciding what to dress up as for Halloween no matter if it is a child, or an adult. The tradition of wearing Halloween costumes dates back centuries. Most Americans are familiar with the customs, and the tradition of wearing costumes on Halloween day. Both children and adults participate in Halloween festivities every year in some way or another. Many picking out extravagant costumes to wear trick-or-treating, or to wear to the Halloween party in the neighborhood, but does anyone really know the meaning behind the tradition of wearing costumes on Halloween day? Halloween costumes used to be worn to hide from spirit that were thought to roam the Earth on Halloween, but the tradition of wearing costumes on

I am sure most of you have seen videos of these killer clowns around the US hiding in the woods and cornfields or whatever place that seems horrifiying at night. These crep have reasearched this topic to find out about what it truly is all about. The relevance in this to you guys is because it happens near us. The news channel, WDAY broadcasted a story in April 2008 about a kidnapping that happened in Moorhead. Ashley Ware was the victim in that case 8 years ago and you could say she was wondering why kidnapping is a thing in the first place, how this was going to affect her and lastly why this man was doing what he was doing. And that’s what im going to tell you today.