Halloween: Progressive pitchforks are out to destroy what ought to be a fun holiday (Report)

Halloween is almost here – and a costume for little girls has prompted oh-so sensitive and oh-so politically correct progressives to get all worked up over cultural appropriation, white privilege and the oppression of minorities.

With all the problems in the world, some folks are focusing on whether it’s OK for girls who are not Polynesian to dress up as Moana – the beloved Disney character in an animated film of the same name who is the daughter a Polynesian chief.   

The great debate was sparked by Sachi Feris, a mother who wrote on the blog Raising Race Conscious Children that she would refuse to dress her white daughter as Moana for Halloween for fear of “cultural appropriation and the power/privilege carried by Whiteness, and about Whiteness and standards of beauty.”

The New York Post, People, Redbook and other websites quickly wrote about this burning issue of our times. In calling on parents to use Halloween as an opportunity “to teach your kids about the importance of cultural sensitivity” the…