Diversity Grinch: PBS Indicts Movies, TV Shows Pushing ‘White Fantasy of Christmas’

Then, how can it be done? PBS NewsHourDo you ever play Grinch during Christmas? You will naturally complain about the absence of variety in Christmas films. At dinnertime on Christmas eve, they posted an “Arts” article headlined:

How Asian Americans in holiday movies can challenge ‘the white fantasy of Christmas’

The author is college professor and PBS “Communities Correspondent” Frances Kai-Wha Wang. That’s code for “Diversity and Inclusion Scold.” Our classic Christmas specials are way too white:

The black and white are older Christmas classics It’s a Wonderful Life, the claymation Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the animated Frosty, the snowman They are crucial to the conceptions of Christmas in America, even though they are often devoid of characters and protagonists of color. One, like the iconic Christmas Story, even perpetuate harmful stereotypesInformation about Asian Americans

The small scene at a Chinese restaurant where the waiters sing “Deck the Halls” with “Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra” is “harmful.” On this track, you could also argue that the film’s bully Scut Farkus “perpetuates harmful stereotypes” about redheads.

Nowhere in this solidarity session is any mention of the 2019 mainstream rom-com (of sorts) Last ChristmasEmelia Clarke, half-Asian lovethrob Henry Golding star in “The Emelia Clarke Show”. 

“Christmas movies are white, white, white,” said Tanzila Ahmed, artist, and author of The Day that the Moon Split in Half: A Collection of Grief Poetry, Who loves both rom-coms as well as Christmas movies. Because her South Asian American Muslim parents did not celebrate Christmas, her fascination with holiday movies stems from the fact that they offer a glimpse into American culture.

“These are not just movies about people at Christmas time, these are movies about white culture and Christmas in white,” Ahmed said.

Radical leftists were chosen as the experts. Tanzila Ahmed, who calls herself an “electoral coordinator” on her Tazzystar site, claims that Tanzila is a “electoral organizer”.Obsessed by South Asian American radical history, and art as a disruptive tactic.She believes that cultural organization and political change can be achieved by combining them. Racial animus is a leftist tactic that she supports. You can find her Etsy shop for Muslim Valentine’s Day cards.

PBS doesn’t seem to be able to imagine another side. You complain that there aren’t Ramadan-themed rom-coms. What is the portrayal of white characters in Bollywood or Chinese movies? It’s not fun to reverse the racial divides. This article covers all of the expected lecture points. 

1. It is impossible to fix it by adding sidekicks from the minority. 

2. Minority lead characters can fix this.

3. By adding minor producers, directors, or writers, you can increase this. 

This Diversity and Inclusion (and Guilt) lecture is eerily similar to NPR pushing a Rock Music Is Segregationist narrative.