Is the Illegal alien costume really a discriminating costume?

People always have to have something to cry about.

They do indeed.

That’s just funny. If you were made up to look like a Mexican gardener, that would be offensive. The costume you link to should not be offensive even to an illegal alien really.

surprisingly it is stirring up controversy.

I don’t think it’s that controversial, but it’s definitely tasteless.

hahahaha. buy itttt
if an illegal alien has a problem with it – haul their butt to the police station ;)

@pinkparaluies That’s my point. If somebody get offended. They otta have there asses hauled in and then out.

btw, I was half expecting the costume to have a hard hat on and a tool belt, taco, mustache, etc.
Thats terrible haha

Eh, what? Are people actually offended by that? I’m confused.

I think its funny. I don’t really see why people should be offended by a play on words, but then there are a lot of people in the world who run around looking for something to bitch about.

It’s an awesome costume! Not racist at all. It’s a play on words. Don’t let the media make us even more PC than we already are.

Does someone have a link about the controversy that is surround the costume? So far I don’t see how it is either funny or offensive.

There are people who spend a lot of time just looking for things to be offended at so they can get up on thier high horse and be righteous.

The Illegal alien costume would really be cool if worn by an Illegal alien.

@ChazMaz You mean by the entire U.S. populace that are not Native American?

That would be cool. Everyone in the country wearing the costume for one day.

No… I said the Illegal aliens. :-)

@Grisaille A million lurve for that.

A trillion lurve to @Grisaille, most of the rest of you need to read up on your history.

illegal aliens are like sperm. millions get in, but only one works.

@stratman37 LMFAO!!!!!

Hey, where’s the lurve?

My first thought is that the green card sorta contradicts the illegal part of the idea.

As for the underlying issue, discrimination is the discerning between multiple things, in this case, legal citizens versus illegal entities :) from outside established borders.

To treat these two based on their differences, especially that specific difference, is the fundamental function of law. We are supposed to discriminate between those that obey the law, and those that break the law. Clearly we treat people differently based directly on said discrimination, and we do so with intent.

I would answer no, a costume cannot discriminate between anything. But I would answer yes to what I think is the spirit of your question, that it points out the differences (that which to discriminate is to do) between legal and illegal residents. Though I wouldn’t say it actively applies the discrimination to any decision.

As to the comment about all Americans being illegal immigrants, it’s false. There were no laws established that forbid us from immigrating to this land… hence the word ‘illegal’. I would agree that all of our ancestors (save native Americans of course) were aliens by that definition of the term, but not illegal.

If you are referring to immigration within modern day US borders into lands ‘owned’ by native Americans (though American indians had no concept of owning land at the time), we most certainly invaded them. However, that was not the ancestors of all Americans, far from. And if we admit to the fact that we invaded their lands, we must also admit to the fact that illegal immigrants are invading ours.

Many of our ancestors invaded their lands by picking a nice stretch and building a house without mass numbers, armies, war, or other.

This string’s question has moved me to ask one concerning discrimination as also.