Let me make it clear where I stand from the start: The Easter Bunny is a rabbit and not a rooster, the Michelin Tire Guy is white (why?), and so are Jesus and Santa. Sue me. Arrest me for a hate crime. This is not open to debate; simple facts.
But here are a few links that challenge me, and maybe you:
http://www.levantinecenter.org/cultures/central-asia/afghan/whitewashed-are-middle-easterners-really-whitehttp://ask.metafilter.com/112457/Why-are-middle-eastern-people-categorized-as-whitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_peopleStressing that only being white is what makes Santa Santa and Jesus Jesus is racist; a change in color proving a difficulty in feasibility or exactness of representation of their values is racist. Is that why Megyn Kelly objected to the blog by Harris?
Personally, I don't believe it is. Her comments, I feel, went more to the ridiculous lengths of being politically correct. Santa being white was not started by the Aryan Brotherhood but arose from a society of whom, if not all, the vast majority were white. No big deal.
An interesting note now that I mentioned the word "Aryan" is that Iran gets its name from that root, believing they were the first "white" people. (Also, India's ancient sacred texts were said to have been given to them by a foreign race of white people; Iranians or relatives of Santa Claus is unknown.)
By commonly accepted standards, Middle Easterners are considered to be white, ergo, Jesus is white. Just a fact, and a fact that should have no overtones of racial favoritism or prejudice. Except that Kelly does an unnecessary little dance about her original statement, no doubt an unfortunate reaction to the PC fanatics out there: she claims she made those comments purely in jest, tongue-in-cheek. Why? She is lying, delusional, or forced to coverup and retaliate by Fox News. This becomes plainer in the next paragraph.
Here is a link to her original comments below. Be honest conservatives and tell me if she was or was not joking.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/fox-news-megyn-kelly-declares-jesus-santa-white-article-1.1546269And here is her rebuttal or defense.
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/TV/2013/1215/Megyn-Kelly-said-Santa-and-Jesus-are-white.-Really-videoThis is how nothing of real note, a definition of a "tempest in a tea pot," is turned into a divisive national scandal by the extremes on both sides.