Al Roker picked a delightful costume to wear on the Halloween episode of the Today Show yesterday. America’s favorite weatherman dressed up as Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy in a white “mad scientist” wig and lab coat. Fellow meteorologist Dylan Dreyer went as Marty McFly, and the duo hung out in an actual Delorean used in the movie, signed by the original cast.
What some racists on Twitter picked up on is that (gasp) Christopher Lloyd, who played Doc Brown in the trilogy, is white, while Roker, obviously, is black. And because self-righteous white people love pointing out hypocrisy (or what they believe constitutes hypocrisy), these people wasted no time lambasting Roker for dressing up as a character of another race a week after Megyn Kelly went down in flames for wondering aloud why blackface was such a big deal.
Halloween is all about trying on another persona and stepping outside of yourself for a day. Yes, it has to do with altering your appearance to look like someone or something you’re not. The difference lies in intent and execution: are you celebrating someone or dehumanizing them? And as a strict rule of thumb, never, ever, under any circumstances darken your face for a costume. Just don't.
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