Posted by
Catmman on Saturday, September 26, 2009 1:34:34 AM
No, not the one you've probably already seen.
This is a different one:
The poster of the video, apparently these kids teacher, is proud of this. He boasts that he and the kids spent many an afternoon "brainstorming" lyrics for the song. Let's have some perspective shall we? These are
third graders, eight or nine years old. Something tells me that these nine year olds didn't come up with these lyrics:
We are a nation of a thousand colors, look at me
Our strength is our diversity
Walking hand in hand we sing
Each a day a little closer to the dream of Dr. King
I'm not saying it's impossible. But would an eight or nine year old really come up with a line like "
Our strength is our diversity"? Do eight or nine year have the capacity to integrate the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. into the proper context of this song?
Really? Again, I'm not saying it's impossible, but so nearly improbable as to strain credulity.
Another thing that struck me. Take a look at the make-up of this group, every ethnic group and gender in proper proportions, almost as if it were
designed that way. And the arts and crafts of the kids - the crayon pictures of "Yes We Can!" Did you notice the one picture the little girl was holding up? It said "Jobs, Equal Pay, Peace". Because a nine year old would think of those three things to put on a craft project, all by herself, I'm sure with absolutely no input from her teacher. This project was simply thrown together in the waning moments of the school day? Again,
REALLY?
I posted the other day about the video you've probably already seen or heard about (
see my post here). This is a different school district I'm assuming, different teacher, than the previous video but there is a common thread. Both are trying to pass this off as some sort of Black History Month celebration. With this video, I'm more inclined to believe that since there
is reference to MLK. But the song is about President Obama and the teacher specifically states the project "morphed" from a tribute solely to Obama.
Starting to notice a trend here and it isn't comforting.
(
At least this video didn't take place at a public school...)
But this one was...
It is quite disturbing.