Megyn Kelly Santa, Megyn Kelly has learned two things after being called out for declaring that Santa Claus “just is” a white man: ”Race is still an incredibly volatile issue in this country, and Fox News — and yours truly — are big targets for many people.” (Yikes, what a terrible jerk this woman is.)
Kelly devoted an entire segment during her Friday show to defending her dismissive and racist comments, and accused those who criticized her of “race-baiting.”
“Outraged? Well, [the response] would be funny if it were not so telling about our society, in particular the knee-jerk instinct by so many to race-bait, and to assume the worst in people, especially people employed by the very powerful Fox News Channel,” she said. (Yikes, what a terrible jerk this woman is.)
Challenging racism is not “race-baiting,” it is challenging racism. Kelly’s comments weren’t “tongue-in-cheek” or humorous, they were a hostile dismissal of millions of American families with holiday experiences and traditions that do not fall in line with her definition of the “real” Santa or the “real” Christmas — both of which, according to Kelly, require total whiteness to be authentic.
Kelly devoted an entire segment during her Friday show to defending her dismissive and racist comments, and accused those who criticized her of “race-baiting.”
“Outraged? Well, [the response] would be funny if it were not so telling about our society, in particular the knee-jerk instinct by so many to race-bait, and to assume the worst in people, especially people employed by the very powerful Fox News Channel,” she said. (Yikes, what a terrible jerk this woman is.)
Challenging racism is not “race-baiting,” it is challenging racism. Kelly’s comments weren’t “tongue-in-cheek” or humorous, they were a hostile dismissal of millions of American families with holiday experiences and traditions that do not fall in line with her definition of the “real” Santa or the “real” Christmas — both of which, according to Kelly, require total whiteness to be authentic.
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