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Fox Assures us Santa is White

I still like Jon Stewart's response to this. Who was she reassuring? What person is old enough to pay attention to TV news, young enough to think that Santa Claus is real, and racist enough to be upset at the notion of him not being white? He's a fictional character. He can be depicted any way we like. "Whiteness" is not really an intrinsic element to the character. In some variations, Santa is explicitly not even human. He's an elf like his workers. This whole thing is very silly.
 
Paschendale said:
I still like Jon Stewart's response to this. Who was she reassuring? What person is old enough to pay attention to TV news, young enough to think that Santa Claus is real, and racist enough to be upset at the notion of him not being white? He's a fictional character. He can be depicted any way we like. "Whiteness" is not really an intrinsic element to the character. In some variations, Santa is explicitly not even human. He's an elf like his workers. This whole thing is very silly.
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Santa Claus is an amalgam of several northern European legends and traditions. There was/is never any question that he would be anything but white, just as African legendary figures are black. :peace
 
There's obviously more than one thing you don't know. Why are you in this thread?
 
Paschendale said:
I still like Jon Stewart's response to this. Who was she reassuring? What person is old enough to pay attention to TV news, young enough to think that Santa Claus is real, and racist enough to be upset at the notion of him not being white? He's a fictional character. He can be depicted any way we like. "Whiteness" is not really an intrinsic element to the character. In some variations, Santa is explicitly not even human. He's an elf like his workers. This whole thing is very silly.
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Her response is even sillier.
Megyn Kelly addresses Santa Claus comments | Fox News Video
It's a backpedaling lie. Anyone who saw the original knows that this was not "tongue in cheek". The RW nutjob was dead serious.
 
Paschendale said:
I still like Jon Stewart's response to this. Who was she reassuring? What person is old enough to pay attention to TV news, young enough to think that Santa Claus is real, and racist enough to be upset at the notion of him not being white? He's a fictional character. He can be depicted any way we like. "Whiteness" is not really an intrinsic element to the character. In some variations, Santa is explicitly not even human. He's an elf like his workers. This whole thing is very silly.
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wouldn't that same criticism apply to the material she was relying to? Seems odd people are making a huge issue about her remarks but ignoring the material that inspired it
 
I really don't care what color is. To each their own
 
calamity said:
Her response is even sillier.
Megyn Kelly addresses Santa Claus comments | Fox News Video
It's a backpedaling lie. Anyone who saw the original knows that this was not "tongue in cheek". The RW nutjob was dead serious.
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Backpedal, backpedal......lol. You can always use the "I was kidding, Gee" or the Toronto Mayor Rob Ford " I was drunk on my ass and snorting coke".

Santa is your parents and therefore is the color of your parents. If you have mixed race parents then he is a mixture of the two and so on.
 
Porchev said:
RW nut job? She is a straight news anchor; she is not one of the opinion hosts at Fox. She discusses that a bit on this interview:

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That was a great interview... thx for posting it.
 
rocket88 said:
...and the nutjobs at DP
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Piss off Megyn Kelly. lol... I don't think so.

She sees this whole controversy the same way I do... She's laughing her ass off at just how rediculous the critisism from the left is.
 
Just when you think FauxNews can't get any dumber......along comes Megyn Kelly. What an imbecile. And she thinks Jesus was a white man as well. Where do they get these people? DOH!
 
Grim17 said:
Piss off Megyn Kelly. lol... I don't think so.

She sees this whole controversy the same way I do... She's laughing her ass off at just how rediculous the critisism from the left is.
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She wins-this keeps her name in the news, and likely helps her ratings.
 
disneydude said:
Just when you think FauxNews can't get any dumber......along comes Megyn Kelly. What an imbecile. And she thinks Jesus was a white man as well. Where do they get these people? DOH!
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You mean successful attorneys and broadcasters like Megyn Kelly?:peace
 
rocket88 said:
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...and the nutjobs at DP
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I'm still lost on why it's ok to make issue over wanting a white santa but not a black one. Seems that the criticism here is totally selective and still ignoring what originated the dispute. And as silly as the disagreement is, that seems the only point worth taking from it
 
calamity said:
Her response is even sillier.
Megyn Kelly addresses Santa Claus comments | Fox News Video
It's a backpedaling lie. Anyone who saw the original knows that this was not "tongue in cheek". The RW nutjob was dead serious.
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Didn't Kelly indicate that Santa Claus (the one in the tradition) had been white. Isn't that true?
Now ... you can go right ahead and characterize Santa as any ethnic type you want but you'd be deviating from tradition.
BUT ...
While you're at it you might as well start the meme that, say, Rhett Butler (just as an example) was African American.
After all, he was a fictional character too, he was from the South, and not only that, he was considered a black sheep ... heh? heh?
Oh man ... consider all the possibilities that abound in literature.
Go for it.
And if anyone questions your bold thesis you know what to say.
 
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