Teacher disciplined for 'Santa is white' remark
Source: abc News
Officials at the school in Rio Rancho, about 15 miles north of Albuquerque, announced Friday that the teacher recently was disciplined for his comments to the student, but they declined to say how, KOB-TV reported (http://goo.gl/GYqcJr).
The move came after students at Cleveland High School were told they could come to class dressed as Santa, an elf or a reindeer.
Michael Rougier said his ninth-grade son, Christopher, arrived wearing a Santa hat and beard, and the teacher asked the boy: "Don't you know Santa Clause is white? Why are you wearing that?"
The teacher's name was not released, and attempts by The Associated Press to reach school officials Saturday were unsuccessful.
Michael Rougier said the teacher's comments enraged him.
"There's no room for that in the classroom," he said. "Whether this teacher felt Christopher may have been wearing this out of context, there's no room for it. There's just no room for it."
The incident happened the same week that Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly said on the air that both Santa Claus and Jesus were white. Her comments drew national attention and prompted a slew of heated comments on blogs and social media sites.
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Didn't he know he was supposed to dress up as "illegal-imigrant" elf? Or maybe a reindeer, since they're brown.
just in case, for the impaired
... fire him, don't just slap him on the wrist. Not sure what color St Nicholas' skin was, but I have no doubt that Jesus was dark skinned. What's the big deal? Although I was raised in a bigoted all white small town in the mid-west, I was taught as a child by my Mother that all people were "God's Children," and that all peoples were the same on the inside. The Junior choir (of which I was a member, as my Mother was the Music Director as well as the Missionary Society) sang this song:
"Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in HIs sight.
Jesus loves the little
Children of the world."
Another song I remember was "He's got the whole world in his hands."
Even though I don't attend church regularly anymore, those are precious memories to me. Memories of the my dear Mother and my thankfulness for the way she raised me. It has always been a mystery to me why many people prejudge their fellow human beings on this earth. Prejudging about the economic class, the different-colored, the different-religioned is bigotry.
I wish I could have a few moments alone with that teacher. 
That's not actually supposed to mean anything; I just couldn't pass up the opportunity for a pun. 
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