what do expect from fascist gringos.whats even more pathetic is that the democratic party will get on their knees n do nothing like the impotent lambs they are.

i see it simply as embedded white supremacist values, most of us have absorbed a lot of them. it's la cultura here. sad part is it doesnt take a "fascist." just someone who grew up in the USA.

I think there's also something disturbing about members of an institution who enforce state power to dress as the powerless they prey on. Especially with the number of incarcerated and the number of custody deaths. But then again taste or sensitivity are not high on the skillset list for govt. agents.

Yes RickB. The implication in their excuse is that it would have been perfectly acceptable if it had really been a person of color (although it's hard to believe they didn't know who/what they were looking at) parading in fake dreadlocks and a prisoner's outfit.

Thanks for highlighting this, Nez.

-- Will

Agree with all, especially with Nez's point about simpler costuming. :)

Counseling, and a note of apology to the offended. Gosh what wonderfully innocent times we live in.

Question that I keep asking everybody: what the HELL is a "discriminatory" costume?

RACE -- CHERTOFF CLAIMS 'ZERO TOLERANCE' FOR DISCRIMINATORY HALLOWEEN COSTUME, EXCUSES MYERS'S ROLE: Julie Myers, head of Homeland Security's immigration division, has come under intense criticism for awarding "Most Original Costume" to an employee "who dressed in prison stripes, dreadlocks and dark makeup for a Halloween gathering at the agency." Myers was part of a three-judge panel that awarded the prize. Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff appeared on MSNBC and said that he had put the employee who wore the costume on "administrative leave." He added that he has "zero tolerance" for discriminatory acts. But when it came to Myers, Chertoff refused to condemn her and indicated that she would face no punitive action: "Assistant Secretary Myers apologized for the fact that the incident occurred." Speaking to the AP, Chertoff also excused Myers's actions, stating that she "was kind of caught by surprise by this." "I know she's mortified," he added, "but I think she's doing what she needs to do at the moment." Myers is married to Chertoff's former chief of staff, John F. Wood, who is currently a U.S. attorney in Missouri. She is also the niece of former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Richard B. Myers. The agency has destroyed at least one photo of Myers with the costumed employee and has refused to let CNN see other pictures from the party.

Ganked via P6.

see, i didnt know they were awarded "most original costume" when i did my post. i just found out today. this is what i wrote to a list i'm on:

by now we know how it all works, but MOST ORIGINAL COSTUME????

when i wrote my post i didnt even scan that little nugget. i mean all notions of racism and idiocy aside...HOW is dressing up as a dark-skinned crminal the most original costume? how do you get less original than digging up old racist memes? hunh. i'm honestly baffled. i guess you could win that award in that crowd by dressing as a potato.