Andrew Hawkins
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I think Santa is like a UPS, the UPS guy. It's like he's different for every community. I don't think black Santa would get off in the white community. I have original recipe. Without somebody calling the cops.
Yeah. No, I have crispy toast.
Yeah. No, I have crispy toast.
I got bad Santa. I got black Jesus in my house.
I got bad Santa. I got black Jesus in my house.
Absolutely celebrated Christmas. So you're just saying that your parents- Christmas in my household was Jesus, not Santa. So that's heavy on the Christmas, not so much on the Santa Claus. And so Jesus would buy you the presents. Jesus would provide the opportunity for the parents. He always does. My kids, they see black Jesus. There's black Jesuses at my house.
Absolutely celebrated Christmas. So you're just saying that your parents- Christmas in my household was Jesus, not Santa. So that's heavy on the Christmas, not so much on the Santa Claus. And so Jesus would buy you the presents. Jesus would provide the opportunity for the parents. He always does. My kids, they see black Jesus. There's black Jesuses at my house.
So they grew up, they went to stores, they were like, wait a minute, why is Jesus white in this store? It was like, they didn't even know that that was a thing. So black Santa, black Jesus, yeah, you got a representation. Jamil gets it.
So they grew up, they went to stores, they were like, wait a minute, why is Jesus white in this store? It was like, they didn't even know that that was a thing. So black Santa, black Jesus, yeah, you got a representation. Jamil gets it.
The black president, of course.
The black president, of course.
Yeah, I'll say so.
Yeah, I'll say so.
I'm so confused right now. Not teaching so much as it's up to you, right? It's important for your kids to see themselves as the superheroes. Because you'll see yourself. That's what Jesus represents. You see yourself in that. When you see Santa, you see yourself. Your kids see themselves in those things. So not so much teaching them that Santa is black. More as... He could be black. Why not?
I'm so confused right now. Not teaching so much as it's up to you, right? It's important for your kids to see themselves as the superheroes. Because you'll see yourself. That's what Jesus represents. You see yourself in that. When you see Santa, you see yourself. Your kids see themselves in those things. So not so much teaching them that Santa is black. More as... He could be black. Why not?
Why can't Santa be black?
Why can't Santa be black?
And you don't think he deserves the top dollar?
And you don't think he deserves the top dollar?
That's Daniel Jones money. You're talking Daniel Jones money, Jamel.