If Megyn Kelly gets to keep her job, I will be utterly shocked. Following comments regarding her beliefs about blackface being an acceptable Halloween costume, Kelly’s job with NBC is under high scrutiny.

Kelly might be the one facing the blame for these racist ideas, but she speaks for a large portion of ignorant, white Americans.

“There are strict rules on what you may and may not wear, issued by someone who thinks they’re the boss of you,” said Kelly on Tuesday’s episode of her show. This ‘boss’ which Kelly is referring to is the policing of decent societal morals, of which she has none.

Her remarks show a clear lack of empathy or consideration of the feelings and experiences of African Americans and other minorities whose cultural stereotypes have been made into a satirical costume. “But what is racist [about it]?” she replied to the dissenting opinions of her talk show guests, clearly missing the entire and obvious point.

“But when I was a kid that way okay,” is not a good enough justification for racism. Kelly was right when she claimed that the crackdown on what is deemed an ‘appropriate’ and ‘non-offensive’ Halloween costumes has gotten much stricter. While she apparently saw this as a negative societal shift, our heightened attitudes toward discriminatory costumes eludes to our becoming a more empathetic and inclusive society.

Whether you’re dressing up as a ranchero, a Native American or even your favorite Netflix show character who just so happens to be black, it is not okay. Putting on someone else’s traditions, playing on horribly anti-Semitic and belittling stereotypes, and presenting yourself as a different race on Oct. 31, but being discriminatory and oppressive on those cultures the other 364 days of the year is never going to be okay.

At the end of Halloween, you get to take your costume off and remain a privileged majority of the U.S. population. However, the culture you are wearing is still going to remain largely oppressed by our xenophobic society. Their history will still go untaught in our schools. They will still face overwhelming discriminations and barriers to opportunities that are readily available at your feet, all because you’re white.

Yes, costumes have gotten much more policed in the sense that we are more sensitive to the feelings and perspectives of others in this heightened political and racial climate, but is it not responsible that we become more aware of others in this time when our country seems more divided than ever?

So this year, go as a superhero, a witch, or a sexy cat. Just whatever you do, please for the love of god, don’t disrespect someone’s culture anymore than our Western world already has.