Is Santa Claus Black or White?
Marcus Briggs
Is Santa Claus Black or White? -- The answer is... Who cares? He brings good gifts.
Let's set aside the fact that (shut your eyes kids) Santa isn't real. No one cares if he's white or black simply because it's irrelevant. The jolly old dude brings me gifts. So here are three lessons racism could learn from Santa.
1. If we brought good things into all of our relationships, race would not matter. Seriously, Santa doesn't care who you are. He just seems to know what to bring you when it comes time to celebrate Jesus's birthday. And as a result, we don't care his race is either.
2. Stand FOR more things than what you are against. No one knows if Santa is Democrat or Republican. We don't know his stance on oil drilling or global warming. However, we do know what he stands for. He is FOR Christmas. Be for something, not just against something.
3. Invite others who are different than you into your life. Does anyone else find it a little strange that Santa and Mrs. Claus are the only two people in the North Pole that are NOT elves? Santa isn't scared to invite people who look different than him into his life. As a result you get presents every year. Most of the time racist people are people who have no one in their lives that are different than them.
Let's be more like Santa. No. Let's be better than Santa. We can do in real life what he represents in people's minds. Merry Christmas EVERYONE! God bless you.