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COMMENT | UiTM's KKK cosplay: Teaching racism or trivialising terror?
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COMMENT | So we’re cosplaying the KKK now - in a university - to “raise awareness”?

That’s like setting a house on fire to teach fire safety.

Sure, cosplay can be a tool for education, empathy, and activism, but there’s a fine line between critical engagement and embodying history with careless reenactment and normalising hate.

Dressing up as one of history’s most violent hate groups - on campus, and without clear framing or consent from those impacted...


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