Teacher to student: You can’t be Santa — you’re black!

[kpete]

Teacher to student: You can’t be Santa — you’re black!

(CNN) -- Ho ho -- huh?

The family of an African-American high school student in New Mexico says he's crushed after a teacher questioned why he was wearing Santa garb during a school holiday dress-up day last week, CNN affiliate KOAT reported.

The teacher told Christopher Rougier, a freshman at Cleveland High School, that he couldn't be Santa because Santa is white, the student's father, Michael, told KOAT.

"He was embarrassed," he told the station.

Now, his son doesn't want anything to do with Christmas.


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http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/us/new-mexico-teacher-black-santa/

[firsttimer]

1. The freshman needs to be told there is no Santa

[Xipe Totec]

7. By your logic you can't dress up as Hamlet either.

Or Don Quijote, Quasimodo, or any other fictional character.

What, you have to believe that a character is real in order to dress up as that character?

Absurd.

[firsttimer]

9. I'm joking

[jsr]

2. Truly idiotic

[Vashta Nerada]

3. Was the teacher Megyn Kelly?

[bigdarryl]

4. racist FOX viewer

[BlueCaliDem]

6. Racist Fox viewer enjoying Union perks and salary and Gov't-funded paychecks.

I've noticed that despite the AlwaysWrongRight's claim to loathe Big Gubment, they all seem to shoot for government jobs from public education to DMV to Courts. It's typical of these hypocrites' life motto: all for me, none for thee!

[firsttimer]

8. I think Fox executives plan things like this out in a boardroom meeting

Her show had bad ratings so how do we get people talking about her show.

Lets have her say something that will spark a media storm.

Or she's just a dumb ass , could be that also.......

[edhopper]

5. Yeah Megyn

just a joke, what harm could come from that?

[spanone]

10. a megyn kelly fan, no doubt

[L0oniX]

11. Idiots are teaching in high school? Wow whodathunkit.