|
No More Jingle Bells
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Tappon and other staff confirmed to the news outlet that they came to the decision after reading a 2017 scholarly article on the song's origins, written by Boston University Core Curriculum Director Kyna Hamil.Hamill explains the history of the song and the life of its composer, James L. Pierpont. She included documents showing that the song's first public performance may have been in 1857 by white actors in blackface at a Boston minstrel show. Very debateable. But many in the community took issue with the song being banned and argued that it's a harmless and traditional part of celebrating the winter holidays, prompting Brighton Central School District Superintendent Kevin McGowan to publish a letter on the district's website explaining the decision. '... it may seem silly to some, it is but 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,' he wrote. So now we have to ban songs that at some point in the past may have been performed by a mistral group. Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-01-03 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=621549 |