Western culture has a history of finding entertainment in mocking and perpetuating stereotypes of oppressed groups (refer to the history of blackface) and selling products by depicting minority cultures as exotic, edgy, and desirable (see Urban Outfitters’ use of the Navajo name and Victoria Secret’s Sexy Little Geisha lingerie). When you dress in blackface or a Native American headdress for Halloween, you’re placing yourself in association with a history of Western imperialism, slavery, and violence against minority groups. When you dress as “ghetto fab,” as a “redneck,” or as an “illegal alien,” you’re mocking the racial and socioeconomic inequalities in our society and appropriating what you think is minority culture for your one night of fun.