tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post7528520071686889154..comments2023-08-10T06:32:38.601-04:00Comments on By Their Strange Fruit <a name="top"> </a>: Dreaming of a White ChristmasBTSF:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02553697351488297764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-17206206442310431692013-12-23T15:43:36.269-05:002013-12-23T15:43:36.269-05:00From Aisha Harris's response to Fox News:
&qu...From Aisha Harris's response to Fox News: <br />"Changing Santa does not mean we’re being “politically correct.” It means we’re expanding our perceptions of the “norm.” ...Can James Bond or Spider-Man be played by people of color? Why not? And yet some people will tell you—believe me—that they have to be white. Of course, some people also believe that characters who were written as people of color are not actually people of color. Which goes to show how deeply rooted the idea of “whiteness” as the default really is."<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/12/santa_claus_white_fox_news_megyn_kelly_thinks_so_but_santa_s_not_real.htmlStrngeFruithttp://bytheirstrangefruit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-43717871711262112192013-12-23T15:41:00.210-05:002013-12-23T15:41:00.210-05:00Some interesting perspective from Tim from 8asians...Some interesting perspective from Tim from 8asians:<br />"I came to the U.S. when I was only 2 years old. As an Asian American immigrant child in a family where money was stretched thin, there wasn’t even the hint that Santa could be real in our household. We knew Santa wasn’t coming on Christmas eve, and the only presents we’d be getting under the artificial Christmas tree were the sweaters, pants and new coats from our parents. We did watch all the same Christmas specials that other kids watched, so we understood that they believed in Santa, and we knew who Santa was, and we knew all the American traditions around Christmas; we just never believed in Santa ourselves. There were some early Christmas eve nights that I had hope that Santa would come; but the morning after would always prove to be a disappointment. Unlike Lisa Ling from The View, who learned early on that Santa liked Caucasian children better than Chinese children, we didn’t even believe in Santa."<br /><br />http://www.8asians.com/2009/12/20/does-santa-exist-for-asian-americans/StrngeFruithttp://bytheirstrangefruit.comnoreply@blogger.com