Oftencold
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Recently, hyper-emotional people around the ****ry have had one of their period snits, this time, because someone in the Media pointed out that Santa Clause is white.
Santa, like John Henry, is a mythical figure based on a historical person.
So, by the "reasoning" of the people so affronted by a white Santa, is it now socially acceptable to depict John Henry, not as a black man, but as for instance, an Asiatic Woman? How about a white "transgendered" person who can't correctly match their gender to their physique? If so, how would you deal with any objection from Black Americans to this alteration of what has traditionally been the preeminent mythical and legendary figure of America's Black Community?
(For Bonus points, write a brief explanation of why or why not it is acceptable to depict Paul Bunyon as an Arab Green peace Activist, Johnny Appleseed as a Japanese Bonsai artist, and Yankee Doodle as a Native American British Loyalist.
Santa, like John Henry, is a mythical figure based on a historical person.
So, by the "reasoning" of the people so affronted by a white Santa, is it now socially acceptable to depict John Henry, not as a black man, but as for instance, an Asiatic Woman? How about a white "transgendered" person who can't correctly match their gender to their physique? If so, how would you deal with any objection from Black Americans to this alteration of what has traditionally been the preeminent mythical and legendary figure of America's Black Community?
(For Bonus points, write a brief explanation of why or why not it is acceptable to depict Paul Bunyon as an Arab Green peace Activist, Johnny Appleseed as a Japanese Bonsai artist, and Yankee Doodle as a Native American British Loyalist.