Julianne Hough dressed as "blackface" for Halloween
In case you missed it! Julianne Hough, famous for her dancing role on ABC's Dancing With the Stars, dressed up as a black character from the famous Netflix series Orange is the New Black. Personally, I am offended. I don't understand why she had to paint herself brown in order to convey to the public that she was Crazy Eyes (name of character in show). This made me think about a quote from "The Analects," "A gentle man is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds". I believe this means to let your actions speak louder than your words and clearly Julianne did not think before stepping out of her mansion. Although Julianne apologized and said it wasn't her intention to offend anyone, how can we accept her apology? An apologetic tweet is not enough for a thoroughly thought out racist costume, but also "The Analects" teaches us how to not judge others because of their wrong doings, but to look into ourselves for the reason why we only see the bad in that person. So rather than being upset about Julianne's clearly racist stunt, I will accept the fact that some people in our society are not knowledgeable about black culture and the struggle for equality.
