Banning Folk Songs from a Folk Song Concert

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"Complaint Leads School To Drop `Pick a Bale of Cotton' Song
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/statesong.html
"Berkley, Michigan. - A song about people picking cotton was pulled from a middle school
concert in suburban Detroit after a black parent complained that it glorifies slavery.
Superintendent Tresa Zumsteg decided Monday to remove the song "Pick a Bale of Cotton"
from the program, said Gwen Ahearn, spokeswoman for the Berkley School District.
Ahearn said that when the song was picked for the Wednesday's folk songs concert at the
Anderson Middle School, there was not intent to offend anyone.
"As it became apparent that that is the case, we pulled the song." she said.
The school is mostly white.
The song's lyrics include, "Jump down, turn around , pick a bale of cotton. Gotta jump
down, turn around, Oh Lordie, pick a bale a day."
Parent Greg Montgomery said he complained to school <snip>


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