Post by Daniel on Dec 8, 2018 10:48:26 GMT -5
Thought Police Crackdown - Now Veggie Tales Is Racist
By Michael Brown/AskDrBrown.org December 07, 2018
Before you read another word of this article, let me assure you that this is not a parody. Every word that follows is true. You can decide for yourself whether my sarcastic commentary is merited.
In the increasingly bizarre world in which we live today, a world dictated by an all-encompassing, radical PC culture, you must guard every word you speak, lest you offend someone's sensitivities. Everything has become a micro-aggression of sorts.
'White Campus'
You cannot dream anymore of a "white Christmas." What could be more racist than that?
Accordingly, University College in London had to apologize last December for dreaming of a "white campus" - meaning a snow-covered campus, with explicit reference to Bing Crosby's 1942 "White Christmas" song. Their official statement said, "We chose our words very poorly yesterday....We're sorry and we'll choose our words more carefully in the future." How terribly insensitive!
Today, you cannot speak of "man hours" or urge someone to "man up" or refer to "mankind" or even say "man oh man!" That is so sexist!
Accordingly, it was reported in 2016 that "a new inclusive language policy from administrators at Princeton University is seeking to end the usage of gender-specific words like 'man' on campus."
But all this is so antique, so 2016 and 2017. Now, at the end of 2018, we are much more woke. Our sensitivities have been sharpened and our passions deepened. The thought police are now everywhere.
'The Bad Vegetables are Ethnic'
We have now learned that "Veggie Tales" is racist, as least according to some students at Cal State San Marcos. How so?
Reporting on Red State, Brandon Morse explains that, "During a 'Whiteness Forum' that looks critically at the problem of whiteness, students were encouraged to find racism in things we enjoy in order to train their critical eye. One group of students said the NFL was racist since the players were black but the coaches were white. Another group said that Veggie Tales is racist because the good guys are white, and the bad vegetables are ethnic."
To be candid, I am not a "Veggie Tales" expert and, as I'm in India right now with a busy schedule, I do not have time to watch all the episodes and offer a scholarly analysis.
Before you read another word of this article, let me assure you that this is not a parody. Every word that follows is true. You can decide for yourself whether my sarcastic commentary is merited.
In the increasingly bizarre world in which we live today, a world dictated by an all-encompassing, radical PC culture, you must guard every word you speak, lest you offend someone's sensitivities. Everything has become a micro-aggression of sorts.
'White Campus'
You cannot dream anymore of a "white Christmas." What could be more racist than that?
Accordingly, University College in London had to apologize last December for dreaming of a "white campus" - meaning a snow-covered campus, with explicit reference to Bing Crosby's 1942 "White Christmas" song. Their official statement said, "We chose our words very poorly yesterday....We're sorry and we'll choose our words more carefully in the future." How terribly insensitive!
Today, you cannot speak of "man hours" or urge someone to "man up" or refer to "mankind" or even say "man oh man!" That is so sexist!
Accordingly, it was reported in 2016 that "a new inclusive language policy from administrators at Princeton University is seeking to end the usage of gender-specific words like 'man' on campus."
But all this is so antique, so 2016 and 2017. Now, at the end of 2018, we are much more woke. Our sensitivities have been sharpened and our passions deepened. The thought police are now everywhere.
'The Bad Vegetables are Ethnic'
We have now learned that "Veggie Tales" is racist, as least according to some students at Cal State San Marcos. How so?
Reporting on Red State, Brandon Morse explains that, "During a 'Whiteness Forum' that looks critically at the problem of whiteness, students were encouraged to find racism in things we enjoy in order to train their critical eye. One group of students said the NFL was racist since the players were black but the coaches were white. Another group said that Veggie Tales is racist because the good guys are white, and the bad vegetables are ethnic."
To be candid, I am not a "Veggie Tales" expert and, as I'm in India right now with a busy schedule, I do not have time to watch all the episodes and offer a scholarly analysis.
I can only reprove myself for not recognizing the racist content from a distance. How else could we explain something being so popular in America if it was not, in fact, racist? Talk about the blindness of white privilege.
That probably explains why no one I've met in India has ever said to me, "Let's talk about 'Veggie Tales'!" They too must recognize its racism.
But there's more.
That probably explains why no one I've met in India has ever said to me, "Let's talk about 'Veggie Tales'!" They too must recognize its racism.
But there's more.
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yes I would not want to say that I was dreaming of a white Christmas. How about Santa needs to be a female or at least more modern, I could go for that, with tattoos and should be shown using a hoverboard, ok with me. 
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