Is it racist to wear this?

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Jamaican Rasta Hat with Dreadlocks Wig & Yellow Glasses Caribbean Fancy Dress : Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games

Most of the actors were Jewish

No they're not. Look it up.

Why?

Well I’m Caribbean, like I said…why would British people want to be referred to that way? I’ve also never heard it used in the UK 💁🏽‍♀️

Babe it was hypothetical. The point of whether or not mockery is ok is about the cultural predominance in society.

In a nutshell, it’s not ok to make a mockery of something in a country where it represents the ethnic minority. It’s chapter 1 in Racism for Dummies

No, just a complete waste of 12.99

Can you please let every single gift shop in the whole of the Caribbean know that it is racist. Thanks

They don't sell them where I'm from 🥴

The first place I saw them was in America.

Have you been to every Caribbean island?

Six pages of heated discussion with an overwhelming majority view that wearing the hat would be racist. And my post giving a clear parallel using FND got not a single word of support. Please consider this an example of what Jews face every day. That antisemitism really is the last acceptable prejudice.

What's fnd?

Sorry I just didn't read all the responses I will try and find yours now

Why not start your own thread to discuss if something is anti semitic? This thread asks a very specific question. Where does antisemitism come into it? And why should people respond to you if they came on the thread to respond to a picture of a "Rastafarian" Hat?

I'd be interested in that thread I'm keen to learn more

I wouldn't wear it

No. And I've never found anyone who can explain what's racist about it.

My definition of racism is denigrating or harming others based on their race.

That various races have different skin tones and facial features is just a dry fact. Nothing racist about acknowledging that British natives look different to Kenyan natives to Indian natives to Japanese natives.

Racism is when you mock them in a nasty way for their differences. Or when you discriminate against them simply because they look different.

But merely dressing up as a person of a different race, and using makeup to complement the look is fine. Of course, as long as it's not done with the intention of mocking.

Actually it is. That is exactly what 'fancy dress' is
Dressing up as someone you're not.

If I - a black person - was at that party and saw a non black person wearing that I would feel very uncomfortable, especially if everyone was expecting me to laugh along because their black colleague told them it was ok.

The difficulty here it seems from this thread is that is as well as being context dependent it’s also person dependent.

@BignBootiful or anyone else, would you find it uncomfortable/unsuitable in all situations? Or are there some scenarios you can think of where it would feel ok for a non Jamaican person to be wearing it?
Eg an event that was a celebration of Jamaican culture where you knew that those present were genuinely not racist people ie no chance of it being passive mocking? Or a carnival. What if the wearer was a black non Jamaican, does that make a difference?

Just because someone says something is racist that doesn't make it racism.
Casual or indirect racismSubtle or ‘casual’ racism can also appear in the form of a ‘microaggression’. This is an intentional or unintentional offensive message that targets a person based entirely on their being a member of a minority group. Any form of racism is unacceptable, even a comment or an action that is subtle or occurs in a casual environment. It’s just not on.
Examples of casual racism include:

• intentionally choosing not to sit next to a person because you feel uncomfortable about the colour of their skintelling a person of a different race who was born and raised in Australia that they speak ‘good English’making fun of someone’s background, even if it's disguised as a joke.

Direct racismThis type of racism is conscious and intentional – for example, someone writing a negative Instagram post about a particular ethnic group. Systemic racismThis type of racism occurs when organisations in our society such as the government, media companies, police, hospitals and schools discriminate against certain groups of people. This stems from institutions and power throughout history,

You mean the post about a show that you said you find brilliant and not offensive? 😂😂😂
Ok.

Also @Singingtherapy, as I pointed out with Father Ted which you seem to have blissfully ignored as the writer is Jewish, just as the writers of FT are Irish, I don't see it in the same way, as they're mocking themselves. But I'll say it again, seeing as you only want people to read your comments 6 pages in, but you don't want to read anyone else's.

I've never come across black face that’s complementary. Or taking advantage.

It doesn’t matter what you think btw. If the people who being mocked (intentionally or otherwise) say it is derogatory/racist, that’s the only info that should matter.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tamsin-greig-friday-night-dinner-jewish-b1971291.html?amp

No one would bat an eyelid if someone wore a cross and played a christian father or bishop or minister, etc etc …