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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 25

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted NBCBLK

    Teaching kids to see skin color as an essential part of their identity is what America spent decades fighting to get away from. The Sesame Street I grew up with in the 1970s was all about de-emphasizing race - the show's cast was diverse, the muppets were racially ambiguous.https://twitter.com/NBCBLK/status/1374965165553295363 …

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    Sesame Street has two new Muppets, a Black father and son, in an effort to help children understand racial literacy. In the promo, Elmo asks why Wes’s skin is brown. His dad Elijah explains how “the color of our skin is an important part of who we are.” https://nbcnews.to/2PqJ3SK 
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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 25

        I mean, OK, Roosevelt Franklin was obviously black. But nobody talked about race on the show. Showing people together and not caring about race was the point.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 25

        Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Teacher and Adjunct Professor

        Elmo has lived on Sesame Street for thirty years.https://twitter.com/TurnedLawyer/status/1375099934538612744 …

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        Teacher and Adjunct Professor @TurnedLawyer
        Replying to @baseballcrank
        ELMO asks why his skin is brown? Because, wait, Elmo's history doesn't include interactions with Brown people? Horses**t.
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      4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 25

        Imagine any show having white characters say, “the color of our skin is an important part of who we are.” We should not be teaching white kids in this country to think that way. But if they hear it from everybody else, how are you going to tell them it's wrong?

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      5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Mar 25

        It appears that some kids who grew up after 1980 never saw Roosevelt Franklin, who was a staple of Sesame Street in the 70s (we even had a toy of him)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asUI_QiiOks …

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      2. Earl Kralik‏ @earlkralik Mar 25
        Replying to @McDIU05 @baseballcrank

        "Not seeing color" is looking past skin color, not ignoring it.

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      1. MK‏ @MattKnudson1 Mar 25
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        The Balkanization of America continues. Sad really.

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      1. Uncommon Denominator‏ @UncommonDenomi1 Mar 25
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Maybe they can revisit the Kevin Clash scandal... I mean.. Doesn't the original Elmo fit the bill?

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      1. Aaron Levisay‏ @AaronLevisay Mar 25
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        @JonSutz, I mean, look at the above. "Racial literacy." So, THAT'S the new term for the old *racism* nowadays.

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      2. Earl Kralik‏ @earlkralik Mar 25
        Replying to @baseballcrank @jtLOL

        "The color of our skin is an important part of who we are.” Think about the various problematic groups in history that basically said the same thing.

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      3. JusKillnTime‏ @JusKilln Mar 25
        Replying to @earlkralik @baseballcrank @jtLOL

        But I thought intent/context matters? I always hear that from conservatives. Anyone who has kids or is ever around them will at some point answer/field questions or comments about skin color.

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