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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAngry over diversity in children's show, NRA TV depicts 'Thomas & Friends' in KKK hoods
Using a jarring image to blast increased diversity on a children's TV show, a National Rifle Association online show depicted characters from "Thomas & Friends" in white, Ku Klux Klan-style hoods on burning train tracks.
Host of NRA TV's "Relentless," Dana Loesch went after the classic children's character Thomas The Tank Engine after its maker, Mattel, joined forces with the United Nations in efforts to increase gender diversity and representation on the program and include new characters from around the globe.
Loesch, a conservative spokeswomen for the gun rights group, specifically called out one new character Nia, a steam engine from Kenya.
"That's where it gets really strange to me," Loesch says on Friday's episode. "Am I to understand this entire time that Thomas and his trains were white? Because they all have gray faces. How do you bring ethnic diversity? I mean they had to paint what I guess they thought was some sort of African pattern on the side of Nia's engine."
The program cut to an image with three trains wearing white hoods and tracks on fire. "Fair, I get it," Loesch sarcastically says. "Thomas the Tank Engine has been a blight on race relations for far too long. Clearly this is overdue."
The NRA did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.
Mattel announced Friday that "Thomas & Friends," a Nick Jr. show, would add characters to its newest season from around the world and partner with the UN to promote its Sustainable Development Goals.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/angry-over-diversity-in-childrens-show-nra-tv-depicts-thomas-and-friends-in-kkk-hoods/ar-BBNg8zg
Host of NRA TV's "Relentless," Dana Loesch went after the classic children's character Thomas The Tank Engine after its maker, Mattel, joined forces with the United Nations in efforts to increase gender diversity and representation on the program and include new characters from around the globe.
Loesch, a conservative spokeswomen for the gun rights group, specifically called out one new character Nia, a steam engine from Kenya.
"That's where it gets really strange to me," Loesch says on Friday's episode. "Am I to understand this entire time that Thomas and his trains were white? Because they all have gray faces. How do you bring ethnic diversity? I mean they had to paint what I guess they thought was some sort of African pattern on the side of Nia's engine."
The program cut to an image with three trains wearing white hoods and tracks on fire. "Fair, I get it," Loesch sarcastically says. "Thomas the Tank Engine has been a blight on race relations for far too long. Clearly this is overdue."
The NRA did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.
Mattel announced Friday that "Thomas & Friends," a Nick Jr. show, would add characters to its newest season from around the world and partner with the UN to promote its Sustainable Development Goals.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/angry-over-diversity-in-childrens-show-nra-tv-depicts-thomas-and-friends-in-kkk-hoods/ar-BBNg8zg
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Angry over diversity in children's show, NRA TV depicts 'Thomas & Friends' in KKK hoods (Original Post)
Initech
Sep 2018
OP
So what does diversity in a British children's cartoon show have to do with guns?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2018
#1
NRA gets butt hurt over a British story about sentient locomotives and rail yard equipment.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2018
#3
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)1. So what does diversity in a British children's cartoon show have to do with guns?
Or is the odious Dana Loesch just being even more odious than usual?
magicarpet
(14,144 posts)5. Dana Loesch...
* Feels like a Nazi,
* Acts like a Nazi,
* Thinks like a Nazi,
She might be a Nazi !
unblock
(52,199 posts)2. my brother-in-law is one of them. they flip out over the word "diversity".
seriously, when we visited them, he told us the "d-word" was not allowed in their house.
TheBlackAdder
(28,184 posts)3. NRA gets butt hurt over a British story about sentient locomotives and rail yard equipment.
grumpyduck
(6,232 posts)4. I hope Mattel sues the hell out of them
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)6. NRA, a contemporary mental institution. NRA, National Retrograde Association! n/t
struggle4progress
(118,280 posts)7. "Angry about girl trains? Get a gun and join the NRA!"
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)8. Sounds like they're proud of their stupidity
MariaCSR
(642 posts)9. These people are fucking insane.