Slate Voice: “Santa Should Not Be a White Man Anymore”
Aisha Harris reads her piece on giving St. Nick a makeover.
Illustration by Mark Stamaty
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Aisha Harris is a Slate staff writer and the author of “Santa Should Not Be a White Man Anymore,” which was originally published in Slate in 2013. In this Slate classic, Harris makes the case for replacing Santa Claus with a penguin.
Listen to her read her piece here.
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