Cowboys Cheerleader Wins Dumbest Costume of the Year
A Dallas Cowboys cheerleader has brought attention to herself by donning the dumbest Halloween costume of the year. Take a close look and see if you can figure out which hip-hop celebrity 21-year-old Whitney Isleib was trying to impersonate. Man, there’s no way she could have pulled this off without wearing blackface. [/s]
Peep the news clip and some bizarre pics under the hood.
In defense of commenters 1-4 below, I originally ran this post without these photos of Whitney in blackface. I figured that adding the imagery would help tell the full story. So, I went back and added the pics as well as a link to a website that offers plenty of material on the issue. The reality is that most people don’t fully grasp the concept of blackface and why we find it offensive in America. It’s flat out racist, period. Now, Ms. Isleib may be ignorant, but not necessarily racist. By the way, the two young ladies next to her are just as ignorant.
However, she’s in the limelight, being a Cowboy cheerleader and all. The teenyboppers who look up to these cheerleaders will see these things and follow suit. Thus, she’s knowingly or unknowingly promoting this racist depiction of African-Americans.
Regardless of your race or ethnicity, you have to agree that it’s important to point out the racist attitudes that exist in our midst. If this makes you uncomfortable, then you should ask yourself why.
[Pics via: Deadspin]
