Two College White Chicks Accused Of Being Racist For Dressing As "Orange Is The New Black" Characters for a "Teams, Memes, 2016" Party Actually Had A Logical Response To The Outrage

Daily Mail – Two students are being accused of ‘cultural appropriation’ after they wore cornrows in their hair and heavy orange make-up to an ‘Orange is the New Black’ party.

The white teens, who deny any accusations of racism, were attending a University of Bristol student party on Friday with the theme of ‘teams, memes and 2016′.

They appeared at the party dressed as the white character, Patricia, from the Netflix series ‘Orange is the New Black’ who is often shown wearing cornrows in her hair.

But the costumes have caused offence and head of Bristol University’s Afro Caribbean Association, Chante Joseph, took to social media to voice her displeasure.

In a tweet she said: ‘This is disgusting and I will not rest until these girls are dealt with properly because it’s out off order and insensitive.’

Seen enough of these stories that the blogs usually write themselves, BUT. BUT, for the first time ever, I’m actually impressed with the response from the students caught up in the “outrage”:

Both teenagers have denied all accusations of ‘cultural appropriation’ and say they are offended by the suggestion.

One of the pair, who was not named, told The Tab: ‘I find it deeply offensive to be accused of being racist for my hairstyle, make-up and outfit.

‘Not only it shows deep lack of misunderstanding and obvious misinterpretation of what the TV series represents and aims to deliver, but also suggests that I, a 19 year old ‘white girl’, cannot get my hair braided as I wish.

‘The fact that I need to justify myself for what I want to look like or who I want to interpret at a fancy dress party, is in itself ridiculous.’

The teenager admitted that her BB BB CRÈME make-up was ‘badly blended’ but denied that this was an attempt to look like she came from a different race.

The second student told the paper that she had recently returned from a holiday to Cape Verde and was quite tanned.

She said: ‘My make-up suited the hairstyle, clothes and fitted in with the character from the TV series. No more to it than that.’

Talk about a clap back. “100 emojis” all over that shit. Just came back from vacation so she was super tan, also ummm sorry her make-up was bad and she couldn’t afford the top shelf stuff at Sephora, maybe don’t money-shame her so much? Sorry she’s poor? And calling a simple hair style and outfit racist, who is being the real racist here? Totally flipped that shit around 100%.  I believe her yo, I don’t know why but I believe her.

Is it possible that…maybe…just maybe…sometimes a costume is not racial cultural appropriation, but just a costume?

Just a hypothetical.