Day of the Dead Challenge this year?

I'd rather have Pets.

"Karallyne;c-15945019" wrote:
probably not. people complained last time that it was racist.
this is probably why we can't have nice things :)

That would be a shame and I do not understand how cerebrating the day of the died being racist.

We'll have to see -- we didn't get the Egg Hunt this year either. I think they want to try and mix things up so people who've been playing since 2014 don't feel like the game is getting predictable.

I loved day of the dead challenge though.

I loved it, I hope they bring it back. The grave animations were just beautiful. <3

You can still get sugar skulls. Or cheat them or download them from the gallery. I didn't participate the week it happened though so I'm not sure what else happened. I started too and life came up. Now I make the offering and sometimes a townie walks by all decked out and I ask for a skull.
I really like the challenges and the patched in freebies. I'm kind of sad when I miss them or they don't fit into my game play at the time they are held. That's not to say I want them changed or taken away.

"Karallyne;c-15945019" wrote:
probably not. people complained last time that it was racist.
this is probably why we can't have nice things :)

Everything is racist to these bunch of babies! What would make Halloween (or in this case, "Day Of The Dead") considered racist?

"Karallyne;c-15945019" wrote:
probably not. people complained last time that it was racist.
this is probably why we can't have nice things :)

Generation butt hurt at its finest.

"Karallyne;c-15945266" wrote:

"5782341b77vl;c-15945226" wrote:

"Karallyne;c-15945019" wrote:
probably not. people complained last time that it was racist.
this is probably why we can't have nice things :)

Everything is racist to these bunch of babies! What would make Halloween (or in this case, "Day Of The Dead") considered racist?

the common complaint I recall seeing was that it was an oversimplification of mexican culture :(
and apparently people didn't like seeing all types of non-mexican looking sims in day of the dead costumes because that's cultural appropriation.

it's sad that these were actual complaints but I'm not lying.

So, soap box. The battle cry for cultural appropriation most times is akin to hey that's mine you can't have that or moooooommmmm they took my toys or better yet: stop copying me, stop copying me!!

No one was trying to steal it or mislabel where it came from. I am not okay with people and culture being marginalized but I refuse to live life with lines dividing people from each other because someone might think something is cool and "appropriate" it.

I taught Spanish language and culture for 8 years. I learned it through books and purposeful interaction. I am Kiwi, Irish, Czech and English. Did I appropriate the language? I am certainly not hispanic but I still use my knowledge of it to define who I am, as it is a part of who I am at this point. Yet it was not my "birthright".

And is not language a far bigger part of any culture than any one celebration no matter how old and meaningful? Do we not encourge others to learn languages? Is that not encouraging appropriation of someone else's culture?

I will concede perhaps the developers included the day of the dead stuff because it seems to be trendy. So what?

Off soap box.

I really enjoyed the Día de los Muertos event.

"Karallyne;c-15945266" wrote:

"5782341b77vl;c-15945226" wrote:

"Karallyne;c-15945019" wrote:
probably not. people complained last time that it was racist.
this is probably why we can't have nice things :)

Everything is racist to these bunch of babies! What would make Halloween (or in this case, "Day Of The Dead") considered racist?

the common complaint I recall seeing was that it was an oversimplification of mexican culture :(
and apparently people didn't like seeing all types of non-mexican looking sims in day of the dead costumes because that's cultural appropriation.

it's sad that these were actual complaints but I'm not lying.

It may have been oversimplified, but you can't put all the details of Mexican culture in 1 challenge! I personally do not mind, I find it brilliant that finally Sims 4 are becoming more cultural, however slowly