The comments made by Megyn Kelley were inappropriate. For one, she made a comment addressing kids and defining the ethnicity of Santa for kids as if it was something necessary for the sanity of children. Two, Duck Dynasty's comments were inaccurate and are not representative of the zeitgeist of Jim Crow era. Three, you never pointed out where I said in my first post that I said Phil Robertson said or what Megyn Kelley said was racist.
The subject of this thread is about ethnocentrism and the fact that race is still an issue in this country. the fact that Megyn Kelley said that Jesus was white should be an obvious problem to you, but then again as you've said homosexuality is more of a pressing issue as opposed to human beings quarreling over racism.
In regards to the definitions I think I was pretty clear and in fact other members here have addressed you in YOUR presentation ergo, your first comment on page 1.
Oh yeah, the post you so willfully chose to ignore. Then responded to with a comment about racism.
Which I replied; racism is only an issue for people that choose to make it one and provide you with some definitions of what racism actually is vs. prejudice that you continuously choose to ignore. Yet, make more faulty assumptions that I dont know what your OP is about.
It is your opinion that race is still an issue in this country. It is not an issue for me, nor is it an issue for many Americans. Kellys response was about someone writing a news article claiming Santa should be a penguin so both white and black kids can celebrate it without white kids being embarrassed, allowing both ( and others) to celebrate Christmas without the social stigma that may be attached to it. Most people do not give a flying flip what color people think Santa, the fictional character is unless they decide to look up the history of St. Nicholas which is traditionally tied to Christianity, yet anyone can celebrate the spirit of Christmas without being religious. It doesnt matter what color the fictional character Santa Claus is or what color people think Santa Claus should be.
- If people want to believe Santa is white then good for them.
- If people want to believe Santa is black then good for them.
- If people want to believe Santa is Asian then good for them.
- If people want to believe Santa is Hispanic or Latino then good for them.
- If people want to believe Santa is green and purple and flies around in a UFO then good for them.
Race is an issue and will be when you live in a society with different ethnicities. If someones child goes missing people need to know their defining characteristics and race is one of them. If someone wants to apply for ACA (healthcare), then they need to know more about the defining characteristics of that person and these things are limited to race. Race is also used to gather and collect demographic information and statistics. You cannot simply disregard race because you think it shouldnt be an issue. You also claim that these are issues that people should talk about which people have for the past week or two and this is now considered old news, and is water under the bridge.