{"id":311664,"date":"2021-03-25T18:15:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T22:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=311664"},"modified":"2021-03-25T18:16:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T22:16:02","slug":"4-kids-shows-that-have-gone-completely-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-kids-shows-that-have-gone-completely-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Kids Shows That Have Gone Completely Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F4-kids-shows-that-have-gone-completely-woke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=311664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3561.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>In recent months and years, as with most other institutions in the United States, children\u2019s television programming has found itself within the crosshairs of the woke mob.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some programs capitulated to live another day. Popular show \u201cPaw Patrol\u201d <\/span><span>\u2014<\/span><span> whose premise, unfortunately for its public relations team, centers upon dogs working as first responders <\/span><span>\u2014<\/span><span> was sharply <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/woke-leftists-targeting-police-and-police-shows-now-target-bigger-game-paw-patrol\"><span>condemned<\/span><\/a><span> by rage-blind leftists in June of 2020 for justifying the existence of \u201cgood cops.\u201d Accordingly, the show muted its conte<\/span><span>nt from June 2 to June 7 \u201cin solidarity of #amplifymelanatedvoices\u201d and \u201cto give access for Black voices to be heard so we can continue to listen and further our learning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Perceiving a gap in the market for woke drivel, new programs broke into the children\u2019s television space. Boston University academic and antiracist grifter-in-chief Ibram X. Kendi worked with Netflix to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=16682\"><span>adapt<\/span><\/a><span> his book \u201cAntiracist Baby\u201d into an animated kids\u2019 show. Chris Nee \u2014 the creator of Disney Junior\u2019s hit \u201cDoc McStuffins\u201d \u2014 joined Kendi in the project. \u201cAntiracist Baby\u201d introduces \u201cthe youngest readers and the grown-ups in their lives to the concept and power of antiracism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here are four other kids shows which have bought wholeheartedly into the cause of wokeness.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cArthur\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In August of 2020, PBS put American taxpayer dollars to excellent use by using hit show \u201cArthur\u201d to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EaePu0-fZ4o\"><span>interpret<\/span><\/a><span> the death of George Floyd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDid you see that video?\u201d Arthur asked his friend Buster in what appeared to be a cartoon lockdown-era Zoom call. \u201cYeah, I just watched it. It was awful!\u201d Buster responded. \u201cI can\u2019t believe someone would be hurt like that just because they\u2019re black.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRacism is so unfair!\u201d remarked Arthur, telling Buster that \u201cit happens everywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The boys then invited their school\u2019s lunch lady, Mrs. MacGraddy, to the Zoom chat. She proceeded to explain that \u201ca lot of grown-ups are fighting racism and working hard to keep us all safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRacism is like a disease,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you don\u2019t treat it, it\u2019s just gonna get worse.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mrs. MacGraddy then told eight-year-old Buster that fighting racism is indelibly relevant to his life. In an exhortation almost identical to Ibram Kendi\u2019s trademark fortune cookie <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ibram_x_kendi_the_difference_between_being_not_racist_and_antiracist\/transcript?language=en\"><span>proverb<\/span><\/a><span>, MacGraddy said that \u201cit\u2019s not enough to just say, \u2018I\u2019m not racist, it\u2019s not my problem.\u2019 We have to actively fight against racism.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTalk about racism with your friends, your parents, your teachers,\u201d MacGraddy added, also encouraging the boys to \u201cact\u201d when they see examples of racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cSteven Universe\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Cartoon Network\u2019s \u201cSteven Universe\u201d issued a similar <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zJkVgGYm4xo\"><span>PSA<\/span><\/a><span> for children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cColorblindness is our game, because everyone\u2019s the same!\u201d chanted the show\u2019s characters before one of them announced that she had serious qualms with Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s dream.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy experience with anti-black racism is really specific,\u201d explained the elementary-aged cartoon girl. \u201cOther people of color experience other forms of racism too, but you won\u2019t see any of that if you don\u2019t see color.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo, this entire public service announcement could be a ploy to avoid talking about racism altogether?\u201d asked another character. \u201cCan we get a rewrite where we appreciate each other without erasing what makes each of us different?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSee color. Be anti-racist!\u201d the PSA concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As it turns out, Steven Universe \u2014 a flagship program for Cartoon Network \u2014 has dabbled in wokeness far before the ideology\u2019s metastization in 2020. <\/span><span>As a Heritage Foundation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/progressivism\/commentary\/cartoons-are-the-lefts-new-weapon-target-your-kids\"><span>blog post<\/span><\/a><span> called \u201cCartoons Are the Left\u2019s New Weapon to Target Your Kids\u201d points out, Steven Universe \u201chas received praise from many LGBT organizations.\u201d Indeed, LGBT magazine <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/story\/steven-universe-is-the-queerest-cartoon-on-television\"><span>Them<\/span><\/a><span> says that the show is \u201cthe queerest cartoon on television.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne of them is a fusion of two female characters who are in love, and another used to be in love with Steven\u2019s mom,\u201d gushed Them. \u201cThe show has featured women in tuxedos, boys in dresses, and a non-binary person in whatever clothing they want, and all of it is celebrated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cClarence\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Another Cartoon Network show, \u201cClarence,\u201d is a cult classic among LGBT activists. The show features a character named Jeff, who has two moms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M659_ak3K_8\"><span>featured<\/span><\/a><span> the channel\u2019s first instance of homosexual intimacy in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One episode of the show features a male character entering a restaurant, then catching the attention of a female character sitting in a booth by herself. Though the woman was elated after she made eye contact with the man, he shook his head in disapproval. Luckily for him, another man greeted him with kisses on the cheek as song lyrics \u201clove is love, lovely love\u201d played in the background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOh. Well, that\u2019s good,\u201d commented the woman with an air of disappointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The show\u2019s writer stated that the two characters were originally supposed to kiss each other on the lips. He commented in a since-deleted tweet that \u201coriginally the guy had flowers and they kissed on the mouth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calling the scene \u201cnot perfect,\u201d women\u2019s magazine <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/13-childrens-shows-that-are-actually-progressive-as-hell-70624\"><span>Bustle<\/span><\/a><span> would have preferred a more explicit display of affection: \u201cThe network decided to downgrade the encounter from the two men kissing on the mouth and one bringing flowers to the pair kissing on the cheeks, not the mouth, which makes it a little more ambiguous for child viewers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Luckily, children desiring a foray into LGBT intimacy can change the channel to CBS, where Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/owens-cardi-b-is-a-symptom-of-a-sickness-in-our-society\"><span>mimicked<\/span><\/a><span> lesbian intercourse during the 2021 Grammys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cSesame Street\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>A few weeks ago, longtime PBS classic \u201cSesame Street\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/press-release\/pr-newswire\/business-race-and-ethnicity-human-rights-and-civil-liberties-social-affairs-discrimination-e0333bc58bf13dcb56a11e5653c6895e\"><span>introduced<\/span><\/a><span> two black characters as part of the network\u2019s \u201cABCs of Racial Literacy\u201d initiative. The move marks the willingness of \u201cSesame Street\u201d to break its fourth wall by introducing ethnic categories to its typically racially ambiguous muppet characters.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The two muppets \u2014 five-year-old Wes and his father, Elijah \u2014 will \u201chelp all families celebrate their own unique identities, while also providing age-appropriate language and strategies to answer sometimes-tough questions around race and racism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As PBS\u2019s press release boasts, \u201cElmo wants to know why Wes\u2019s skin is brown\u201d in one episode. Elijah then explains \u201cthe concept of melanin and that the color of our skin is an important part of who we are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another video will feature muppet Rosita\u2019s mom and her friend Sofia helping Rosita \u201ccope with a racist incident in the grocery store.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent months and years, as with most other institutions in the United States, children\u2019s television programming has found itself within the crosshairs of the woke mob.Some programs capitulated to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311167,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3561.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"4 Kids Shows That Have Gone Completely Woke","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3561.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"4 Kids Shows That Have Gone Completely Woke","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}