Parents complain popular Disney character costume is 'racist'

A children's Halloween costume has caused controversy after parents claimed the outfit "made fun of someone else’s culture”.

Sachi Feris from Brooklyn, New York, urged parents to not allow their little girls to dress up as Disney's Moana character for Halloween because it is based on “real history and a real group of people”.

Her daughter had told her she wanted to dress as the Polynesian girl which led to the issue of “cultural appropriation”.

The girl then suggested Elsa from Frozen but Ms Feris also objected to the idea, according to her blog Raising Race Conscious Children.

"There is one thing I don’t like about the character of Elsa. I feel like because Elsa is a White princess, and we see so many white princesses, her character sends the message that you have to be a certain way to be “beautiful” or to be a ‘princess'", she wrote.

While some mothers backed her call on the outfit being inappropriate on social media, others were quick to point out there was no such issue and the costume wasn't racist.

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“Kids don’t care about race. What do you think your kid is going to tell her friends? She can’t be Moana because Moana is different race and culture?" one comment read.

Ms Feris took to Facebook after posting her blog to say her qualms were specific to her identity as a white parent and reminding her daughter the privilege that being white carries means dressing up as Moana was an issue.