When will fools like Fox’s Megyn Kelly and this N.M. educated idiot educator learn that Santa can be whatever a young kid wants him to be? This is not a political correctness issue, it’s a matter of common sense.
I am sure that if Christians in Africa celebrate Santa Claus, he is black. And Santa Claus in Latin America is Latino. And to African Christians, Jesus is very likely seen as black.
NM TEACHER TELLS BLACK STUDENT SANTA IS WHITE
By Todd Beamon
Newsmax
December 14, 2013
A New Mexico high school teacher has been disciplined after a parent says the man told his African-American son that Santa Claus is white.
Officials at the school in Rio Rancho, about 15 miles north of Albuquerque, said on Friday that the teacher was disciplined for his comments to the student, but they declined to say how, KOB-TV reported.
The move came after students at Cleveland High School were told they could come to class dressed as Santa, an elf, or a reindeer.
Michael Rougier said his ninth-grade son, Christopher, arrived wearing a Santa hat and beard, and the teacher asked the boy: "Don't you know Santa Claus
is white? Why are you wearing that?"
The teacher's name was not released, and attempts by The Associated Press to reach school officials Saturday were unsuccessful.
Michael Rougier said the teacher's comments enraged him.
"There's no room for that in the classroom," he said. "Whether this teacher felt Christopher may have been wearing this out of context, there's no room for it. There's just no room for it."
The incident happened the same week that Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said on the air that both Santa Claus and Jesus were white.
Her comments came during a panel discussion Wednesday on "The Kelly File" about a column by an African-American female who said she was ashamed as a child because "our black Santa wasn’t the real thing."
Kelly's remarks drew national attention and prompted a slew of heated comments on blogs, social media sites, and television shows.
Kelly responded to the attacks on her Friday program, saying that "race is still an incredibly volatile issue in this country and Fox News, and yours truly, are big targets for many people."
In New Mexico, a spokesman for Rio Rancho Public Schools said the Cleveland High School teacher knows he made a "dumb" mistake and has since apologized to the Rougier family.
Michael Rougier said he still had concerns.
"If he has that attitude, how is it affecting students, studies, grading habits, trending toward Caucasian kids?" Rougier said of the teacher.
The teacher still works at Cleveland, but Christopher has been removed from his class, KOB-TV reported.
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