Nickelodeon dedicated a segment of its Earth Day special of Nick News: Kids and the Impact of Climate Change to teach its viewers about “environmental racism.”
The segment opened with CBS News correspondent and host of the show Jamie Yuccas describing dangerous living conditions in several cities across the United States.
“What do these cities have in common?” Yuccas asked. “They’re all examples of environmental racism, a form of systemic racism where minority and low-income communities are surrounded by health hazards because they live near sewage, mines, landfills, power stations, [and] major roads.”
learn the meaning of environmental racism #NickNews pic.twitter.com/pGmqCGmakE
— Nickelodeon (@Nickelodeon) April 23, 2021
The Nick News program intentionally addresses a younger audience and animates different social or political issues in a way that children can understand them, but critics of the Earth Day special were quick to describe it as indoctrination.
‘Pure propaganda cringe’: Nickelodeon’s getting slimed for pushing ‘environmental racism’ indoctrination https://t.co/Lg9lrK3bd7
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 24, 2021
Propaganda from extreme left @Nickelodeon
Fact: @CocaCola is the leading producer of plastics that pollute the planet
Fact: rare earth elements for batteries come from child labor in Africa
Fact: open pit mining of quartz with huge amounts of carbon (coal) to make solar panels https://t.co/ShTLL4vMOB— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) April 24, 2021
This is what’s on Nickelodeon these days. Indoctrinating our youth with “environmental racism.” pic.twitter.com/9MwvB7VVHG
— Suburban Black Man ?? (@goodblackdude) April 24, 2021
Nickelodeon: Your home for Rugrats, Double Dare & the meaning of environmental racism. https://t.co/RF5I5OfL0z
— Adam Johnston (@AmplifyLiberty) April 23, 2021
This is Nickelodeon in 2021.
This is what they’re teaching your kids. https://t.co/jKEkVHflZm
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 24, 2021
After backlash, Nickelodeon disabled the ability for Twitter users to leave comments on its post.
You’re cowards, @Nickelodeon https://t.co/B7sA03nGnQ pic.twitter.com/jxeCpvwQg9
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 24, 2021
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Last year, Nickelodeon aired a segment dedicated to “Kids, Race, and Unity,” where founders of the Black Lives Matter movement took questions from children and instructed families to have “constructive conversations about race and inclusivity.”
Nickelodeon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.
