Posted on 08/26/2016 6:23:23 AM PDT by suthener
Portland Public Schools officials are rethinking a district ban on rap music on buses after allegations of racism.
The district had banished hip-hop from its buses, deeming the genre "inappropriate."
Teri Brady, senior director of transportation at Portland Public Schools, sent a directive to bus drivers in March forbidding "religious, rap music, or talk show programs." The memo included a list of acceptable stations, broken down into three genres: pop, country and jazz.
Parent Colleen Ryan-Onken obtained a copy and it circulated in August among outraged parents, prompting the district to walk back the directive in statements released Wednesday.
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How about math lessons?
I assumed the latter, partly because I had read the list of prohibitions (religious, rap music, or talk show programs) and partly because that’s what always comes to mind when I hear Rush, unless the context is obvious (and I’ve got the tagline to prove it.)
rap music is a postmodernistic nihilistic anti-music
So banning music that’s full of N-words is considered racist.
The band or the talk show host?
Don Cornelius had excellent taste. He forbid (c)rap music on his show when it came out.
Jazz.
That’s Black Music.
Love to see more of that! :-)
Just no Kenny G.
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