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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Courts have affirmed the choice of some districts to strictly limit displays and performances with religious content, but have also suggested that music with religious themes can be permissible as long as it is educational and not so weighted toward one faith tradition that it begins to "establish" that religion.[/quote] I think the important thing to remember here is this was 5 year olds that were given zero instruction as to the background or explanation of the meaning of the song. The teacher didn’t have lesson plans around it or provide any context to the history of the song. She simply did a repeat after me to teach the song so the children memorized it (confirmed by multiple families). Everyone up in arms about how the song is an important piece of American and African American history is missing this point - there was no discussion, there was no learning, there was no educational component. There simply was memorization. [/quote]
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