Brighton elementary school bans 'Jingle Bells' due to song's 'questionable past'

https://13wham.com ^ | December 27th 2021 | by TYLER BROWN | WHAM Staff

[T.B. Yoits]

Let the kids of Brighton Elementary School sing ‘Stray Cats’ “Rumble in Brighton” instead.

[dfwgator]

Let the kids of Brighton Elementary School sing ‘Stray Cats’ “Rumble in Brighton” instead.

Now THAT I would love to see.

[Steely Tom]

My wife (Chinese) told me that she heard "Jingle Bells" when she was growing up, and thought the words were Jing Gam Bay, Jim Gan Bay, which (IIRC) mean something like "drink up! drink up!" in Chinese.

[NativeSon]

Matt Tampon needs a bit more salve for his gash.

[Vigilanteman]

So when are we going to ban the real ministerial show of the Black Royal Class politicians parroting every line fed to them by the white liberal masters?

[AndyJackson]

Not that the Federal Government should provide any funding for local schools in the first place, but as a priority they ought to defund any state that countenances this level of duncery in its teaching staff.

[woweeitsme]

So, because there is a CHANCE this was performed by white people in blackface AND it MIGHT mean something about slaves with bells on, we need to get rid of it.

[frogjerk]

Make this stuperintendent feel the wrath of the parents and voters in the district. Make him reverse course and eat crow. This is only fitting.

[Sans-Culotte]

Superintendent Kevin McDonald says they are not “banning” or “canceling” Jingle Bells while they ban and cancel Jingle Bells.

[AndyJackson]

the song's first public performance may have occurred in a minstrel show nearly 150 years ago, where white actors performed in blackface.

That is why were are banning the Constitution. It was written by folks who benefitted from the enslavement of blacks.

[mairdie]

Due South - Jingle Bells - The Singing Dogs
https://youtu.be/FRaFiKt6DME

Dr Who - Jingle Bells - Willie Nelson
https://youtu.be/GMovAnso4N8

[frogjerk]

The stuperintendent’s email - kevin_mcgowan@bcsd.org

[Jim W N]

The Not-So-Brighton Principal Matt Tampon said what???

[PatriotarchyQ]

I got cancel cultured from the office Christmas party for the following:

Is your name Jingle Bells? Cause you look ready to go all the way.

You would think that I was quoting from one of them there books that Texas and Oklahoma are trying to ban from the libraries.

[Reno89519]

Maybe they can next recognize that the Democratic Party is responsible for the kkk and cancel it.

[Red Badger]

Typical liberal attitude.

They deny what they are doing while they are doing it.............

[edwinland]

the fact that “Jingle Bells” was first performed in minstrel shows where white actors performed in blackface does actually matter when it comes to questions of what we use as material in school. I’m glad that our staff paused when learning of this, reflected, and decided to use different material to accomplish the same objective in class.

I can assure you that this situation is not an attempt to push an agenda. We were not and are not even discussing the song and its origins, whatever they may be.

Uhm, yeah, you were.

[frogjerk]

"Kevin also has the pleasure of being an adjunct professor in the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester where he teaches a course titled, “The Politics of Education.” "

From his bio from https://www.bcsd.org/Page/32

But he isn't political...sure...sarc

[chajin]

Let them sing “Barack Hussein Obama, Hmm, Hmm, Hmm”

But first take all the kids out of the nuthouse they call a school!