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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did the kid in the video ask them to take it down? Did other kids ask them to take it down?   What was their response?   I don't see any problem with kids going to the administration if the kid who made the post was told that it was problematic but still refused to take it down.  If their initial intent was not to make fun of this kid in a racist manner, why not just take it down when they were told it was problematic?[/quote]

The kid in the video was fine with it but when he showed it to his mom, she complained to administrators and the kids who were involved were suspended.
 
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Wow.[/quote]

This is what happened. [b]Kids were never directly asked to take it down.[/b] The modern version of this song -- which does not have the original raicst lyrics -- was played at Yankees home games during 8th inning for 15 years and is a current Tik Tok trend (related to baseball and not overtly at least to racism; most videos have no apparent racial element at all).

If the Walls admin is bad on racial equity issues then by all means the students should protest. Maybe these specific kids are even jerks. [b]But I have not heard any reason to believe that these specific kids had any idea this song was racist, had racist intentions themselves or refused to take the video down.[/b][/quote]

Thanks for this info but can you clarify?  First you say the kids were never directly asked to take it down. Then you say you have not heard any reason to believe the kids refused to take it down.  Which one is it? Were they asked or were they not asked?  And is your information because you are directly involved (either as a parent or school staff/admin) or are you a walls parent that is piecing together information from your kid, other parents, and other students?[/quote]

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