Slog - Comments on New Congressional Report Details How to Win a "Most Original Costume" Award from a Top U.S. Immigration Official http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to Blackface. Prison blackface, to be precise. The House Homeland Security Committee has been probing the circumstances of a Halloween party held last year for Department of Homeland Security Employees. [Julie] Myers, a DHS assistant secretary, was one of three judges who awarded "most original costume" to an employee who was dressed in skin-darkening makeup, a dreadlocks wig and prison stripes. The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement was photographed with the employee at the party, although it was more than three months until those photos would become public.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:43:25 -0800 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:19:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by michael strangeways hmmmm....someone must have been out sick for Diversity Day.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c993966 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c993966 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:25:54 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER What's the deal with the face blocked out and "b 6"?

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c993981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c993981 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:34:15 -0800 Comment by Jiberish did she go to regent university too?

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994055 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:03:07 -0800 Comment by d does somebody have a bandaid?

]]> d http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994208 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:47:53 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity Welcome to George Bush's America.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994236 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:54:03 -0800 Comment by orangekrush 'Coz detaining people indefintely is just so kookoo funny and zany!

]]> orangekrush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994324 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994324 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:24:30 -0800 Comment by matt ugh.

]]> matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994525 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994525 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:00:05 -0800 Comment by Papayas Yeah, who covered the face? Also, it reminds me of the "ghetto" parties that college students were having where they wore racist costumes.

]]> Papayas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/new_congressional_report_details_how_to#c994572 News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:19:47 -0800