From Jack Kelly-The portrayal of Santa Claus as an old white man makes her uncomfortable, wrote Aisha Harris in Slate Dec. 10. Santa should be portrayed as a penguin instead, she said.
It bothers me not at all that Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela were black. But if it did, would that justify me demanding you pretend they were white?
“This is ridiculous. Yet another person claiming it’s racist to have a white Santa,” said Megyn Kelly (sadly, no relation) on her Fox News program. “And by the way, for all you kids watching at home, Santa just is white.”
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http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/jack-kelly/2013/12/22/Santa-s-whiteChristmas-spirit-is-what-counts/stories/201312220037#ixzz2oCiGwthJ
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