ALL HALLOWS EVE: America’s Favorite Holiday

It’s the beginning of October and you already know what that means! Well, yes there are midterms and it is Libra season, but more importantly it’s Halloween season. This is the season
that brings back memories of wandering the street in the pitch-black night. One of the few days
of the year momma didn’t care if you stayed up past your bedtime because you were sorting out
your loot. Bags and bags of different candy you wish to devour all at once, then waking up the next morning with a killer stomach pain and sickness. Yes! One of the best times of the year. I’m pretty sure if you knock on my door during the night, I’m not giving you nothing, so you might
have better luck buying bags at Walmart. But for the people who are still willing to go out and embrace your inner child or you are just going out in general, there’s somethings you must
prepare yourself to see.
We all know about the recent sightings of random clowns going around scaring people half to death making headlines throughout the news and social media. Videos of clowns standing in backyards waiting to attack their victims have surfaced from all over. These wannabe killers are out there in the cut and along the sides of roads startling people left and right to get a quick laugh, seemingly under the guise of Pennywise the Dancing Clown from 1990s film, It, and many other killer clowns. They have been spotted in Houston, Atlanta, New York, and all major cities across this country. Even though they have yet to be spotted on campus, there have still been encounters around Baton Rouge and LSU. Probably because they know we don’t play that.
Smart Clowns, but while you are out partying keep that in mind. Whatever you do, do not run up on the clown alone.
Also being broadcasted across social media lately, there may be a rise in black face participation. This act of racism has been passed down through the generations as a way to mock black people and make a creative way to produce the stereotype. White men would paint their face black with cocoa butter in order to act out comedies or musicals under the guise of an African-American. In these minstrel shows, characters such as Jim Crow and Zip Coon danced and spoke in riddles for the masses by trying to mimic the way the African culture was portrayed by others, and the newly freed black performers were told to perform in black face like William Henry Lane, creator of Tap Dancing. The act of Black Face has been declining in recent years from uproars from the black community, but has recently been seen in videos produced by students at Prominently White Institutions. With recent strange activities having to do with race at neighboring University, LSU, there is no doubt it might possibly occur during that night.
Regardless, it is Halloween so turn up and get that candy. Just remember you might run up on some clowns and black faces along the way.