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Fox News’ Megyn Kelly insists Santa Claus is white
Santa Claus -who is not real - "is what he is," says the Fox News host
On her show Wednesday night, Fox News’ Megyn Kelly took a stand on one of the most important issues of our time: Whether or not Santa Claus - who does not exist - is a white man. As far as Kelly is concerned, there is no question that he is.
Responding to an article in Slate, titled “Santa Claus Should Not Be a White Man Anymore,” Kelly expressed to a panel of guests her bemusement at the idea of anyone imagining Santa Claus - who, again, does not exist - as anything other than a white man. “Santa just is white,” Kelly said. “But this person is maybe just arguing that we should also have a black Santa. But, you know, Santa is what he is - and just so you know, we’re just debating this because someone wrote about it, kids.”
Kelly wasn’t done, however. After one of her panelists pushed back somewhat on her Santa-is-white absolutism, Kelly reached for a historical reference to prove her point.
“Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it has to change,” she said (unintentionally providing a sort of mantra for conservatism vis-à-vis race). “You know, I mean, Jesus was a white man, too. He was a historical figure; that’s a verifiable fact-as is Santa, I want you kids watching to know that-but my point is: How do you revise it, in the middle of the legacy of the story, and change Santa from white to black?”
One of the comments points out that "Anyway, St Nicholas was from Patara, now in modern day Turkey. So he was more of a lovely tan color."
Source includes a video
Santa Claus -who is not real - "is what he is," says the Fox News host
On her show Wednesday night, Fox News’ Megyn Kelly took a stand on one of the most important issues of our time: Whether or not Santa Claus - who does not exist - is a white man. As far as Kelly is concerned, there is no question that he is.
Responding to an article in Slate, titled “Santa Claus Should Not Be a White Man Anymore,” Kelly expressed to a panel of guests her bemusement at the idea of anyone imagining Santa Claus - who, again, does not exist - as anything other than a white man. “Santa just is white,” Kelly said. “But this person is maybe just arguing that we should also have a black Santa. But, you know, Santa is what he is - and just so you know, we’re just debating this because someone wrote about it, kids.”
Kelly wasn’t done, however. After one of her panelists pushed back somewhat on her Santa-is-white absolutism, Kelly reached for a historical reference to prove her point.
“Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it has to change,” she said (unintentionally providing a sort of mantra for conservatism vis-à-vis race). “You know, I mean, Jesus was a white man, too. He was a historical figure; that’s a verifiable fact-as is Santa, I want you kids watching to know that-but my point is: How do you revise it, in the middle of the legacy of the story, and change Santa from white to black?”
One of the comments points out that "Anyway, St Nicholas was from Patara, now in modern day Turkey. So he was more of a lovely tan color."
Source includes a video