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The 5yo daughter of liberal parenting blogger, Sachi Feris (author of Raising Race Conscious Children) wanted to dress up as a Disney Princess for Halloween- either Moana or Elsa for Halloween. However, her mum pronounced that she found both costumes problematic, and forbade her from wearing either- in the end, not letting her do anything for Halloween at all- because she found both costumes "problematic". According to Feris, dressing up as the titular character of “Moana” was '#CULTURAL APPROPRIATION', and dressing up as Elsa promoted 'WHITE BEAUTY'.

“I had some reservations regarding both costume choices,” she wrote, “about cultural appropriation and the power/privilege carried by Whiteness, and about Whiteness and standards of beauty.” About the Elsa costume, Feris wrote, “There is one thing I don’t like about the character of Elsa. I feel like because Elsa is a White princess, and we see so many white princesses, her character sends the message that you have to be a certain way to be ‘beautiful’ or to be a ‘princess.'” Both Sachi Feris and her daughter are white. And with regard to the Moana costume, Feris said, “I don’t like the idea of dressing up using the same traditional clothing that someone from Moana’s culture may have worn because that feels like we are laughing at her culture by making it a costume.”

Many people on social media as well as in the comments section of the article supported Feris’s sentiments about “offensive” Halloween costumes, which concluded that “If your Caucasian son or daughter doesn’t get to be exactly what they wanted for Halloween, encourage them to take a step back and realize that they’re awash in privileges that the real Moanas and Tianas of the world will likely never see, because the world is full of racist a–holes.” So then, how do you feel for Sachi Feris' 5yo Caucasian daughter? And how would you rate Sachi Feris as a mother?