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Deadspin: The Terrifying Horrors Of Sports-O-Ween [Whimsy]
Puck Daddy: Photo Expedition: Halloween frights from NHL players, arenas
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cool RT @SarahSpain: #Blackhawks Battle For Costume Supremacy - http://tinyurl.com/yg3wm6k 26 days ago |
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RT @sarahspain Blackhawks Battle For Costume Supremacy - No Spain, No Gain http://bit.ly/4i6Gks 26 days ago |
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The Terrifying Horrors Of Sports-O-Ween [Whimsy]
Deadspin —
... ... then their costumes got really stupid. Actually, that's Burish on the left and Patrick Kane as Scottie Pippen. (No, it's not technically blackface, but if you can't see why white people painting their skin black as part of a joke is problematic, then I can't help you.) [Chicago Now] ...
Photo Expedition: Halloween frights from NHL players, arenas
Puck Daddy —
... From friend of Puck Daddy Sarah Spain and her still-new blog No Spain, No Gain comes this image of "Adam Burish as Dennis Rodman, ...
Things to Read: 11/3
Tremendous Upside Potential —
... Yep, that's Adam Burish on the left dressed as Dennis Rodman for Halloween. Don't have much to add, outside of "Ugh." Via Sarah Spain. ...
BLACKFACE A BLACK EYE FOR BLACKHAWKS?
BigLeagueScrew —
... Keller wrote a thought-provoking superficial piece about Adam Burish and Patrick “Punched A Cabbie In The Face” Kane who dressed up as Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen for Halloween (above via No Spain No Gain). These guys might be racists! Nevermind the fact that they wear jerseys every other night with a cartoon Native American man on the chest. That’s different, right? She must be up on her current events because she also dropped mentions of Bob Griese’s “taco comment” about Juan Pablo Montoya, Drew ...
Offensive?
KK Hockey —
... days. We think we’re “post-racial,” to use the curious term that popped up in the wake of President Barack Obama’s election.
Then a couple of fun-loving but culturally tone-deaf Blackhawks decided to dress up for Halloween as former Bulls Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen—complete with blackface.
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You can view the picture of Adam Burish dressed as Rodman and Patrick Kane as Pippen at ChicagoNow.
Blackhawks in blackface: Most predictable backlash of 2009
Puck Daddy —
When we tweeted last night about local coverage of the Chicago Blackhawks Halloween Party, we did so begrudgingly: The notion that Adam Burish(notes) as Dennis Rodman and Patrick Kane(notes) as Scottie Pippen were racially insensitive in wearing "blackface" for their Chicago Bulls costumes is a joke. It's something that didn't even cross our minds when we first blogged about the Blackhawks' costumes on Monday because this wasn't an instance of offensive caricature or ...
