  Slate: Replace ‘white’ Santa with a penguin to end nonwhite
kids’ shame  - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 11,
2013  In order to save kids from racial insecurity, Santa Claus'
inherent whiteness (and humanity) should be done away with,
according to Slate writer Aisha Harris.  "I remember feeling
slightly ashamed that our black Santa wasn't the 'real thing,' "
wrote the author, who asked her father if Santa was white or
black. "Two decades later, America is less and less white, but a
melanin-deficient Santa remains the default in commercials, mall
casting calls, and movies. Isn't it time that our image of Santa
better serve all the children he delights each Christmas?"  Ms.
Harris suggests that America "abandon Santa-as-fat-old-white-
man" in favor of a penguin, because "it would spare millions of
nonwhite kids the insecurity and shame" that she felt in
childhood.  The Slate writer concluded that a penguin Santa
would join the Easter Bunny in the "pantheon of friendly,
secular visitors from the ani