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Dick Gregory didn't believe in Santa because he knew no white dude would come into his neighborhood after dark.

As is Santa, I just want the kids watching to know that Jesus was a white man as well.

Saint Nicholas was a legend.He gave away his wealth and traveled the countryside, uplifting the poor and sick.He is thought to have saved three sisters from being sold into slavery.Turkey is an elaborate, fiercely independent nation that connects the Middle East to Europe.They don't identify by color of skin.

The modern Santa Claus was created by the creator of the American depiction of Saint Nicholas as a jolly old man.Black Americans were slaves when St. Nick appeared in advertisements for children in 1841.There was no reason to imagine him in any other color.I wish I didn't have to make that point.The real life legend and the animated figure were about peace.We have a knack for turning ugly when it comes to race.

The firing of Megan Kelly by NBC was inevitable, and the black face debacle was simply the straw.

The night before Christmas, my mother gave birth to twins, who were born on New Year's Eve.When I was three years old, I wondered if my mom was still alive.She and my stepfather used to own a cleaning company.They contracted with an adult movie theatre to clean the place up because things were tight that year.They waited until it closed in the early hours of the morning.

The way middle children were portrayed, like Jan Brady, was that I was never invisible.Peter Brady was the understudy to my older brother.Since my Mother worked two jobs more often than one, and my older sister had a different life, I became the helpers, a role traditionally assigned or assumed.I didn't mind.

It was not an option my mother would have ever considered, but on December 24, 1969 my stepfather abandoned their contract, and on her work ethic alone, that is not why she completed.She picked up my Grandmother at an odd hour of the morning in the dead of winter and they scrubbed the filthy floors while porn movies played on and the crowd moaned.At three years old, on Christmas Day, when my mother ran in well past dawn, but before noon, I assumed, with gifts for all, and still happily adoring the credit on the old dude.

Santa is the color of love because all the parents were Santa to their kids as well.

My mom was Santa Claus, Sasint, the color of love, and the kick, this is...The area.

I was disappointed when I found my mother putting presents under the tree.I was young.I was already unhappy because our household was chaotic.I knew there was no Santa.I am the person who loved the whole cast of "Miracle on 34th Street".And the name of the dog.Santa is a White man for me because that is what I was used to as a child.There are different depictions of St. Nick and they all represent joy and good tidings.The idea of a White Santa is so ingrained that a Black Santa looks like an imposter.When I was a child, I never questioned why Santa wasn't Black, even though my mother was Santa.The Fantasy had Santa being White.The idea is the same.The idea of Santa flying through the air with his reindeer and then coming down the chimney and eating cookies left out for him is a fantasy.Fantasy.I did not discuss the color of Santa Claus with my daughter.I didn't want her to see me putting the presents under the tree.

In the community, we can learn from one another by simply sharing and listening.Love your story.It was yours.There is a big smile.

It is beautiful.I grew up like the author.I have always believed that our divide as a country and society is more of a financial divide than a racial divide.Poverty does not discriminate.I would like to thank you for the opportunity to remember my roots.

I tend to agree with him.Segregation sees race first.You added your voice by venturing into The Neighborhood.You are appreciated a lot.

I hope I live long enough to see the day when the colour of your skin isn't the same as your character.I don't think I will.I will always try.

Dick Gregory was known for his sensationalism.No ethnic group had a monopoly on race hatred criminal minded people of any age, even when I was in the South Bronx in 1951.We need to balance this out.Whites can walk through a black neighborhood without fear.The weight of law was brought down by harm to a white person.The criminal mind is not unique to any one ethnic group.When money is to be made, who is concerned about sensationalism?

My good fortune was growing up on a block where people of many different colors lived.The Southern Blvd is in the Bronx.The middle of the block.

MMartinez, thanks for adding your voice.Unless you are making two separate points, I may have gotten lost..Which person or demographic are you referring to?

Ok.There are separate points.Comments are brief and lead to confusion, so much to be said in so little space.

Dick Gregory said no white dude would come into his neighborhood after dark.I grew up on a block in the neighborhood.

Much is laid on the black communities.From the 1950s-1970s, I feel we have been led astray.I guess I did it again.

I learned to love people for being people from the block I grew up on.Santa didn't believe in the fairy tale when I saw my grandmother buy a toy boat with a motor to play with.Thanks for the responsive post.

A local academic made the case that Santa was from Turkey.In response to my suspicion, a little confab sprang up over tea.He didled cargo out to starving countrymen as his father's ships made their way to Italy, and when the hold was opened, it remained full.It is one miracle that Nicholas is a Saint.Maybe that and giving up his wealth.I was more open-minded when I heard my history had been whitewashed in other instances.For example,Alexandre Dumas.My Kentucky ancestors had to learn how to identify their skin color.The concept of the Red Man had not been ingrained among immigrant White, though my 4x great-grandfather's peer referred to his counterparts as "yellow devils."

Roger, you are appreciated for adding your story and history.It brings the initial offering closer together by connecting dots.My friend, always a pleasure.

All eyes should see and hear this.Love it!The firing is just a symbolic gesture to appease uneducated believers of REAL TRUTH in a being so divided by political rhetoric and non-presidential verbal confrontation.There is a sad conditioned belief to the contrary in your story.Bring it to my brother.The Supreme Court.The silverconductor.com is a website.