Man put a Black Santa Claus on his lawn and got a racist note: Responding to hate with love that shapes our souls
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 1 December 2020
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR DECEMBER 1, 2020
A man in Arkansas put a Black Santa Claus on his lawn and received an anonymous racist note. Today's podcast responds to such cowardly hate by focusing on God's call to love as we are loved, an invitation to share the compassion that shapes our souls.
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| 1:00.0 | pandemic. Santa Claus does not have COVID-19. In fact, he does not need to wait for a vaccine like the |
| 1:07.7 | rest of us since he has a lot of good innate immunity, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. |
| 1:14.1 | In addition, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has announced that despite the pandemic, |
| 1:20.0 | it will track Santa on December 24th, just as it has done for 65 years. You can visit their |
| 1:26.3 | website, NORADSanta.org, for updates. |
| 1:30.3 | Unfortunately, not all the Christmas news about Santa Claus is good. |
| 1:37.2 | Chris Kennedy of North Little Rock, Arkansas puts up decorations for the holidays each year. |
| 1:42.6 | They include a light-up sign that says joy, |
| 1:45.9 | and a statue of a black Santa Claus he hopes will set a good example for his four-year-old daughter. |
| 1:51.7 | Last week, he received a racist letter in the mail from someone claiming that Santa Claus is |
| 1:57.1 | a Caucasian, white man to you, and has been for the past 600 years. |
| 2:03.5 | The coward who wrote the anonymous letter suggested that Mr. Kennedy and his family move |
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