Yesterday, a reader wrote in with an interesting conundrum: How do you politely explain to a friend that their chosen Halloween costume could be racist? Commenter CA lays out the issue:

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Despite my continuing protest against the sexualization of all things Halloween, even I have to admit that Slutty Halloween appears to be here to stay. Let’s say that all women accept their duty to dress Sexy this Slutty Halloween. When every woman is Sexy, will Sexy be enough? Or must the Sexiest among them strive to be Sexier—dare I say, Super Sexier? If you’re simply planning on dressing “Sexy” come October 31st, beware: I have seen the future of Sexy Halloween, and it is “Super Sexy”:

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Eli Tillemann, 3, knows nothing about this. He does not know that the Target-brand Tyrannosaurus Rex costume (right) he chose after careful consultation with his parents never made it to his home. He does not know that the cardboard UPS box containing said costume was lifted from his doorstep by thieves early Monday morning. He does not know that it took the efforts of his entire neighborhood to transform him into a dinosaur for one evening. He does, however, know the difference between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a plain dragon.

“The only concern we have is that the substitute costume is technically a dragon,” Eli’s father, Tomicah Tillemann, explains over the phone as the boy’s mother travels by car to inspect a last-minute switcheroo offered up by a neighbor: The Pottery Barn Kids “Dragon Costume” (below).

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