Last February, during Black History Month, the children of B. Bernice Young School in Burlington, New Jersey sang a song in honor of Barack Hussein Obama. They did this to honor him for being our first black president.
Last week there was a protest at the school with about 70 individuals condemning the song. There was also a meeting one evening with the school superintendent in which he did not apologize for the activity but defended it. The room was packed with parents. It is reported that many of the parents supported the school's decision but there were many parents who did not. The only thing Christopher Manno, the superintendent, apologized for was having the children broadcast across the internet via YouTube without parental consent or knowledge.
I personally have a problem with what happened at the school on many levels. One, I understand honoring someone, I can understand a Black History Month, but I don't understand why we don't have an American Indian History Month, Puerto Rican History Month, Irish History Month and so on. This is a melting pot we call the United States. If your gonna do it for one, you better do it for everybody. Remember when you were in school and if you brought in a snack your teacher asked you to bring in enough for the whole class? Well, you gotta bring in enough for us all. I'm part American Indian and there were many brave, thoughtful, just, hero's that are essentially ignored. The American Indian was cheated, abused, killed, raped, tortured, and one tribe was almost completely wiped out on the famous Trail of Tears also known as Nu na da ul tsun yi, the place where they cried. Where is their month of honor?
Did you know that the Cherokees where known as the human tirbe? They were a democracy and gave women an equal say in counsel. Sounds very progressive and forward thinking, doesn't it? And why are we not celebrating them? They were democracy and equal rights.
Another problem is not informing parents. The school takes on too much authority with our children. We all know that there are very bad people out there just waiting to take advantage of our children. Kids disappear everyday never to be seen again. YouTube and all these other outlets that are out there now are breeding grounds for sicko's to get our kids. AND, whoever posted this video, should be criminally charged with endangering children.
From Chief Joseph, Nez Perces' "If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.......Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade....where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."
Last week there was a protest at the school with about 70 individuals condemning the song. There was also a meeting one evening with the school superintendent in which he did not apologize for the activity but defended it. The room was packed with parents. It is reported that many of the parents supported the school's decision but there were many parents who did not. The only thing Christopher Manno, the superintendent, apologized for was having the children broadcast across the internet via YouTube without parental consent or knowledge.
I personally have a problem with what happened at the school on many levels. One, I understand honoring someone, I can understand a Black History Month, but I don't understand why we don't have an American Indian History Month, Puerto Rican History Month, Irish History Month and so on. This is a melting pot we call the United States. If your gonna do it for one, you better do it for everybody. Remember when you were in school and if you brought in a snack your teacher asked you to bring in enough for the whole class? Well, you gotta bring in enough for us all. I'm part American Indian and there were many brave, thoughtful, just, hero's that are essentially ignored. The American Indian was cheated, abused, killed, raped, tortured, and one tribe was almost completely wiped out on the famous Trail of Tears also known as Nu na da ul tsun yi, the place where they cried. Where is their month of honor?
Did you know that the Cherokees where known as the human tirbe? They were a democracy and gave women an equal say in counsel. Sounds very progressive and forward thinking, doesn't it? And why are we not celebrating them? They were democracy and equal rights.
Another problem is not informing parents. The school takes on too much authority with our children. We all know that there are very bad people out there just waiting to take advantage of our children. Kids disappear everyday never to be seen again. YouTube and all these other outlets that are out there now are breeding grounds for sicko's to get our kids. AND, whoever posted this video, should be criminally charged with endangering children.
From Chief Joseph, Nez Perces' "If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.......Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade....where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."
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