Ms Rachel defends her activism by pointing to Mister Rogers' political legacy on children's TV

Children's YouTube personality Ms.

Rachel hit back at critics of her political activism during an interview Tuesday, pointing to Mister Rogers, who she said was very political.

Ms.

Rachel, whose full name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, spoke to Kareem Rahma, host of "SubwayTakes," and broke down her hottest takes.

"Mr.

Rogers was political," she said.

Mister Rogers, whose full name was Fred Rogers, is known for "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," a children's program that ran from 1968-2001.

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Rachel pointed to an example in the children's show in which Rogers invited Officer Clemmons, a Black character, to cool off in a small wading pool during the civil rights movement.

The episode aired in 1969, at a time when some public pools still prohibited Black swimmers.

Rahma called the episode "revolutionary." YOUTUBE STAR MS RACHEL DECLARES 'I AM POLITICAL' IN NEW MISSION TO SHUT DOWN ICE FACILITY "I've read that some people saw it and in their family it wasn't okay to share a pool, and they were like, 'Oh Mr.

Rogers is doing it.

It's okay for our family now.' And so it did make a difference and actually people sometimes say to me or you know, in the media, they'll be like, ‘Ms.

Rachel should be like Mister Rogers and not be political.' And actually he was political so much on the show.