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Ms. Suzy Weiss discusses in her essay the arguments between if wearing a costume created from an idea around human aspects will be racists. University of Michigan school is showing students the proper way to dress for Halloween; the only “right” way to dress would be a desalinated zombie. Suzy is arguing that this is too sensitive and students will not be upset if they see a girl in a hula skirt if she is not from Hawaii. If these rules are given as a tool she believes that a whole background of tradition is needed. Halloween is for different stereotypes, people use different ethnic costumes because it's the one day a year you can dress out of your comfort zone, it's not for slamming a different culture. Weiss goes to a college that

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