Thread: Prop for new builders: Hanging Noose Victim

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Originally Posted by arrg

heads up... no pun intended here but when putting a bag over head idea, make sure the bag or pillow case is a light color. We made an inflatable hangman and had it up for years with a dark green scarf over it's head then one day one of our neighbors said to us: "do you really think it's right to hang a black man from your tree?" Needless to say we explained and changed it the next day.

I was thinking the same thing - I have a few neighbors in my neighborhood that probably wouldn't take too kindly to -any- color person hanging from a noose in the front yard :P

An excellent idea, though! I registered just to see the instructions.

The hanged man has become a hurtful symbol to some in recent years. Even the word "lynching" (which has always made me think of cowboys, outlaws and western justice) has taken on a racist tone in many people's minds. It makes them think of hooded men on horseback and hate crimes.