December 6: Vegetable Cartoon Characters Racist? – From Brian Sussman

More madness from my state of California, this time originating at our state’s University in San Marcos.

At an event known as the Annual Whiteness Forum, the popular Christian children’s cartoon series, “VeggieTales,” has been labeled, “dangerous” for promoting racial stereotypes by making the villains colored.  That’s right, Bob the Tomato  and Larry the Cucumber, whose  tagline is, “Remember kids, God made you special and he loves you very much,” are promoting racism.

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