Sometimes Halloween can be more tricks than delicacy . People of all age jazz to dress up as their best-loved pop music culture characters or other cool thing , but some costumes can be more controversial than others . Some school day have chosen to ban Halloween completely . Others have compiled lists of inappropriate and unsavory costume like the 1 below that pupil are not allowed to wear .
1. JESUS CHRIST
In 2013 , a scholarly person at Highland Park High School in Illinois was made to remove his Jesus costume becausethe schooltime saidit was “ offensive ” and that he was “ advertise religion . ” The senior tell the press that he wore the costume because Jesus was the “ most influential person ” in his life , but the school upheld their insurance against costume that could be nauseating to someone ’s religious belief , finish , sex , inheritance , or sexual orientation .
2. SUPERHEROES
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The Halloween staples were thought to be too scary for some nipper , so administrators at an unknown school send a letter to parent ahead of the holiday . write in Comic Sans , the observance , which wasshared on redditin 2014 , state that superheroes including ( but not limited to ) Wolverine , Batman , Superman , the Power Rangers , and “ any of the Fantastic 4 ” are not countenance , and neither are witch , ghosts , or any other costume that would be “ scary to a small child . ”
3. GEISHAS, SQUAWS, AND COWBOYS
In 2013 , the Dean at the University of Colorado Boulderissued a memoto the student dead body ask them to “ consider the shock [ their ] costume decision may have on others in the CU community . ” Featured on the list of frown - upon Halloween dress were “ costumes that impersonate particular ethnical identities as overly sexualized , such as geishas , ' squaw , ' or stereotypic , such as cowpuncher and Indians . ” The memo also ask that students not boniface parties whose themes could be considered offensive , like “ ghetto ” or “ white ice / hillbilly . ”
4. SOMBREROS
The Guild of Students at the University of Birmingham block off its peers from participating in what it called “ invidious behavior ” by shun sure costume at issue , let in sombrero and ponchos that some pupil wore to dress like “ Mexicans . ”
5. TRENCH COATS
In 1999 , parents in Littleton , Colo. and other towns in America convinced schools to blackball trench coat and all - black clothing class - round because the goth mode was too closely tie in with the students responsible for the Columbine High School shooting . “ shoal administrator started consider these mathematical group to be gangs and torment of students was rampant with undue backpack search , detainment in the hallway by security guards , and being called into the administrative office for questioning , ” studentJennifer Muzquiz toldCNNat the time .
6. CROSS-DRESSING
According to report , an Eastchester , N.Y. school once banned cross - dressing to “ stop students from mocking gay , bisexual person and transgendered pupil as a costume trick . ” In 2014 , an advocacy group object to the ban but the superintendent , Walter Moran , stood behind the decision . “ Any student has the out-and-out right to cross - primp any day or days , and the schoolhouse respects that student ’s personal decision,”read a instruction by Moran . “ In an endeavor to respect the race , religion and gender of our students , we believe that Halloween costumes should not make igniter of this . ”
7. SEXY NURSE
At Quinnipiac University , the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Diversity Officersaid thatinsensitive costumes , including “ blackface , or as a Mexican , Richard Hooker , gangster or wanton nurse , ” were just as dysphemistic as “ write the ‘ N - countersign ’ on a blackboard or a blackboard or a whiteboard in the student residence or in the abode dorm . ”
8. ANYTHING WITH A WEAPON
An elementary school in New Jersey want to compromise with parents and their children in 2007 , so they allowed some costumes to be worn without the accessories . The New York Timesreportedthat throughout the schoolhouse there were gun - less puncher , swordless pirate , and hellion without pitchfork . “ When you count all the horrendous things that have happened in late years , include 9/11 , ” said a instructor at the school , “ I ca n’t blame any school for want to steer aside from anything that might boost violence . ”
