By John Sykes
Every now and then, and now far too commonly, the depth of our progression to a state ruled by those who are either blind or evil, or both, becomes obvious. Consider this in Public Schools Teach History With Offensive Rap Songs from Judicialwatch.org:
The innovative [Flocabulary] “hip-hop” curriculum is supposed to help at-risk kids in Oklahoma City Public Schools boost their academic performance, according to education officials who have been authorized to spend nearly $100,000 in federal funds to purchase it. Known as Flocabulary, the program features rap-style music with rhymes that supposedly help the struggling students learn and memorize math, social studies, vocabulary and science.
Flocabulary has increased student motivation, says its founder, who claims that thousands of schools nationwide are using it. But in Oklahoma it’s caused an uproar after more than a dozen teachers complained about the history hip-hop curriculum, which refers to the nation’s Founding Fathers as “old dead white men” and describes President James Monroe’s term as “white men getting richer than Enron” and “stepping on Indians, women and blacks.”
President Andrew Jackson is compared to Adolf Hitler for “killing more Indians than there are stars in the sky.” Like the Nazi dictator who murdered millions of Jews, President Jackson had the “final solution,” the rap song goes on to say; “No, Indians, I don’t want you to live here anymore.”
And that superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools’ reaction was “the hip-hop curriculum will be “evaluated,” although he maintains that the science behind the concept is “wonderful.”
Whose fault is this? Ours!
As long as we leave our governance to others without strongly participating we have nobody to blame except ourselves.
Get involved, Folks - the lower down the political chain, the better.
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