'VeggieTales' is 'racist' and 'dangerous' for children, California students claim

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Christian-themed kids show 'VeggieTales' is 'racist,' students claim

The Christian children's cartoon 'VeggieTales' has been labeled as 'dangerous' and promoting racial stereotypes for making the villains colored by a group of students at a California college's 'Annual Whiteness Forum.'

A group of students at a California college’s “Annual Whiteness Forum” labeled the Christian children’s cartoon “VeggieTales” as “dangerous” and promoting racial stereotypes for making the villains colored.

The forum at Cal State San Marcos is a project from Professor Dreama Moon’s class titled “The Communication of Whiteness.” Students called various things racist, including the NFL, women who support President Trump, and the popular animated cartoon that started in 1993 and always ended with Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber’s tagline, “Remember kids, God made you special and he loves you very much,” the College Fix reported.

A female student made the claim that by humanizing vegetables, the creators of VeggieTales were using the children’s programming to promote racial stereotypes by making the villains racial minorities.

“When supremacists aim to taint the way children think of people of color, it will work,” the poster titled “Children in the Church” reads.

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A student at the "Annual Whiteness Forum" at Cal State San Marcos labeled "VeggieTales" racist and dangerous for children. (The College Fix)

“Whiteness in the Bible isn’t just seen as ‘power’ it’s seen as ‘good,’” it continues. “When kids see the good white character triumph over the bad person of color character they are taught that white is right and minorities are the source of evil.”

The female student who headed up the project reportedly said the evil characters sound ethnic or Latino, while the good characters sound white.

Just to be clear, the good guys, Bob and Larry, are red and green respectively, both of which are colors.

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Eric Metaxas, a best-selling author and former “VeggieTales” writer and narrator, gave his take on the forum.

"All vegetables are part of one race, even though they are of many colors. They are all descended from the same parents — the Adam and Eve of vegetables, who foolishly ate a forbidden fruit (irony?) and screwed everything up for all vegetables descended from them,” Metaxas told PJ Media. “At least I’m pretty sure that’s the story."