@FreeSpirit1 well sort of, you should actually read the full discussion


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"Jingle Bells" was not universally banned, but a school district in Brighton, New York, removed it from its music curriculum in 2021 due to concerns about its potential origins in 19th-century blackface minstrel shows, according to bostonglobe.com. The decision was influenced by research indicating the song's first public performance may have been in a minstrel show context, raising equity concerns despite the song's innocent, secular image.
Why the "ban" occurred:
Minstrel show ties: A 2017 article by Boston University professor Kyna Hamill suggested the song may have been first performed in a minstrel show in 1857.
Blackface minstrel shows: Such performances often featured white actors in blackface, which is a racist and offensive form of entertainment.
Equity lens: The Brighton Central School District decided to remove the song as part of a broader effort to review its curriculum through a diversity and equity lens, choosing songs without controversial or offensive potential.
The controversy surrounding the decision:
Backlash: The school district faced significant backlash from residents who felt the decision went too far and that "Jingle Bells" is a harmless, innocent song.
Misinformation: Some reports and community discussions claimed the song contained explicit references to slavery, though the professor's research did not find support for these claims.
Professor's surprise: Kyna Hamill herself was surprised by the decision, stating she had no discovery of slavery imagery connected to the song. She believed the song should still be sung by children.

@StrawberryMilkshake
She gets no Who Hash and I'm not giving her presents back

@SinlessOnslaught jesus, you've come a long way

@HijabaDabbaDoo Ew. I have, haven't I. Thank you for saying that.

@SatanBurger You think you're a decent person but you're not. Your 'slavery' slip up reveals everything anyone needs to know about your character and true motivations

@SW-User
Wrong. Honey buns.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/02/27/slavery-didnt-end-in-1865-it-just-evolved/

As for slavery generally, what kind of slavery are you talking about? Sexual slavery which many countries still have, mining for gold, jewels etc which are ironically in developing worlds, wage slavery, debt, the banks..

What are we talking about here? Because it's all relevant 😂

Thanks for blocking me, somebody couldn't handle what they dished out 😏

@Mamapolo2016 Frosty is white, a male, as well as a pipe smoker. 😆

@Barefooter25 And Mrs. Claus is a "behind the great man" kinda gal.

Single malt Scotch 👍🏿@NCCindy

@StrawberryMilkshake So you are now a seperate race? You look much more honky than me

@StrawberryMilkshake "setting the stage for this year’s debate over how best to expand coverage to the millions of people who are uninsured."

@bijouxbroussard ^^ Excellent point ^^

@bijouxbroussard That's what people do anymore bb, 😔 if you don't agree with them they make cruel uncalled for jokes out of a situation.👎

@Burnley123 Since when do left-wing nut-jobs like you ever use a representative sample?

@sunsporter1649 Fair.

To use yourself as a representative example of the right would be massively unfair.

@SW-User Why is it so called? It's well known slavery exists like wut 😂

@SatanBurger I would rather be a patriot who loves my country, than a goose from the left trying to destroy the country

@SW-User How do you feel like I am destroying the country? Name something specific please.

@HoraceGreenley OMG it’s the end of Western civilization *clutches pearls*

Seriously, calm the fuck down. Shouldn’t you be more worried about Biden’s record-breaking number of judicial appointments?

@LeopoldBloom yes

@MayorOfCrushtown You do know these are not the same people ? The “slapping hoes” folks couldn’t care less about Jingle Bells.

@ravenwind43 Frosty is next because he is white and male. Since he has a pipe, he will be considered a smoker, which is twice as offensive.

@Barefooter25 Melt him down, he is cancelled!!!!:)

@sunsporter1649 Not to mention, Pelosi's father also had deep connections to organized crime back in the day.

@SW-User While we are at the subject of slavery, Kamala's ancestors from her Jamaican side of the family were also slave owners.

@Barefooter25 And nancy was known as "the mafia princess"

@bijouxbroussard Yep. I swear I cringe and turn to another channel on the radio when that song comes on. Sadly, outside of that line, I like the song. But I've never been able to listen to it after the first time I heard the refrain.

@SW-User Funny thing is, that song came out when I was around 12, and my friends and I were singing along. I don’t remember any of us taking offense. It was Lou Reed. 😃

@bijouxbroussard lol. Yes, as kids we generally don't pick up on things that are considered normal, back in the day. I don't really recall when I became aware of it but I was young.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You mean MSN is not a credible news source! You're learning....

@sunsporter1649 You are a very confused little man. Random blogs by right wing idiots like you are not real news.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Yup, nothing to see here, move along. You left-wing nut-job islamo-nazi marxists are full of bullschiff.

"'This wasn't liberalism gone amok.' Brighton superintendent defends dropping 'Jingle Bells' song

Brighton Central School District Superintendent Kevin McGowan is defending Council Rock Primary School’s decision to drop secular holiday classic “Jingle Bells” from its curriculum.

On Dec. 23, the Rochester Beacon reported on the move to stop using and teaching the song, based in part on an article by professor Kyna Hamill, director of Boston University’s Core Curriculum, stating that the first public performance of "Jingle Bells" may have occurred in 1857 at a minstrel show in Boston.

The story quoted Council Rock principal Matt Tappon as saying the song had been replaced with other songs that didn’t have “the potential to be controversial or offensive.” "

Before one can come up with a comical retort to woke bullschiff some learned professor has written a paper about it

@Theyitis They like to demonize Rosa Parks too, a school unbanned primarily black authors after it was found that suburban white moms tried to get all black authors banned on the grounds that it was teaching critical race theory. One of the authors banned was Rosa Parks herself lol. So the school voted to re-establish those books.

@SatanBurger

@sunsporter1649 Your ilk got Rosa Parks fired so...

@StrawberryMilkshake You must be responding to someone who blocked me because that makes no sense to me. lol

@StrawberryMilkshake You had to exaggerate the reaction to make the sensible ones appear to be the irrational.

A tired, transplant ploy of your fellow travelers

@Poppies

@chockaholic2020 You are preaching to the choir!

@VladG94

ESPECIALLY if it has nothing to do with race. They are attention craving insignificant nobodies

@SW-User Must be because Santa didn't have any black reindeer !!!

@NCCindy Are you sure? Rudolph has fuzzy dice as well as a gaudy bright red nose

@Ambroseguy80 I hear Rudolph also had a thing for Watermelon and Fried Chicken too !!!

@NCCindy and chicken feet. And fried chitlins. 😄