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  • wuapinmon
    Soul Plumber
    • Dec 2008
    • 30711
    #1

    My Daughter has to sing this tomorrow

    My daughter is one of three white kids in a class of twenty-five.

    Tomorrow she has to sing this song:

    "Rosa Parks gets on the bus
    On the bus
    On the bus
    Rosa Parks gets on the bus and said
    "let's take a ride"

    White man on the bus said,
    "move to the back"
    "move to the back"
    "move to the back"
    White man on the bus said,
    "move to the back, before we take a ride"

    She looked him in the eyes and said,
    "no way, Jack!"
    "no way, Jack!"
    "no way, Jack!"
    She looked him in the eyes and said,
    "no way, Jack! I'm going to stay right here!"

    Someone yelled, "Go get the cops!"
    "go get the cops!"
    "go get the cops!"
    Somone yelled, "go get the cops! 'cause she ain't sittin'
    there!"

    The cops took Rosa off to jail
    Off to jail
    Off to jail
    The cops took Rosa off to jail
    Then history was made.

    All the blacks quit ridin' the bus
    Quit ridin' the bus
    Quit ridin' the bus
    All the blacks quit ridin' the bus
    And then the laws were changed

    The people on the bus are black and white
    Black and white
    Black and white
    The people on the bus are black and white
    Sittin' wherever they please!

    No blacks have to go to the back
    Go to the back
    Go to the back
    No blacks have to go to the back
    THANKS TO ROSA PARKS FOR THAT!
    ...

    What do yall think?
    "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
    The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon
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    • TripletDaddy
      sweet triple
      • Nov 2008
      • 58186
      #2
      I am thinking that your daughter's school is clearly not the #2 ranked program in the country.
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        • Babs
          Not a Lawyer
          • Nov 2008
          • 17128
          #3
          Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
          What do yall think?
          I think it's way better than my son's kindergarten class, who for Thanksgiving sang:

          "I'm a little Indian, short and red
          I wear feathers on my head
          When I go out hunting, hear me shout:
          'All you buffalo better watch out!!' "

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            • Babs
              Not a Lawyer
              • Nov 2008
              • 17128
              #4
              Please tell me this song is not sung to the tune of "The wheels on the bus."

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                • Surfah
                  Where's Wallace?
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 33726
                  #5
                  Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                  I am thinking that your daughter's school is clearly not the #2 ranked program in the country.
                  ROFLMAO!

                  Originally posted by Wuapinmon
                  What do yall think?
                  You're in the south my friend. How was Robert E. Lee day down there?
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                  -Turtle
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                    • wuapinmon
                      Soul Plumber
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 30711
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Babs View Post
                      Please tell me this song is not sung to the tune of "The wheels on the bus."
                      It is.
                      "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                      The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                        • wuapinmon
                          Soul Plumber
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 30711
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                          ROFLMAO!



                          You're in the south my friend. How was Robert E. Lee day down there?
                          This isn't Southern culture. Go ahead and make the sweeping generalizations that no one will call you on. It's okay to rip on the South because we're all in-bred racist hicks.
                          "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                          The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                            • Babs
                              Not a Lawyer
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 17128
                              #8
                              Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                              It is.
                              Perhaps she has a future as a Longhorn. They rewrite nursery songs, too.

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                                • Surfah
                                  Where's Wallace?
                                  • Nov 2008
                                  • 33726
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                                  This isn't Southern culture. Go ahead and make the sweeping generalizations that no one will call you on. It's okay to rip on the South because we're all in-bred racist hicks.
                                  Hey I live south of the Mason-Dixon line too pal. You're touchy.
                                  "Nobody listens to Turtle."
                                  -Turtle
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                                    • Jeff Lebowski
                                      Corporate lackey for Jesus
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 69526
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Babs View Post
                                      Perhaps she has a future as a Longhorn. They rewrite nursery songs, too.
                                      No. Blue-collar working class songs.
                                      Last edited by Jeff Lebowski; 02-22-2009, 08:53 PM.
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                                        • wuapinmon
                                          Soul Plumber
                                          • Dec 2008
                                          • 30711
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Babs View Post
                                          Perhaps she has a future as a Longhorn. They rewrite nursery songs, too.
                                          I think the song is unnecessarily divisive, does nothing to teach the children of the complexity of the situation (she was chosen to be the person to be arrested), is grammatically incorrect in several ways, and these are first-graders.

                                          First graders. I can't decide whether to be offended, upset, indifferent. I can't decide whether to tell her to not sing it. I can't begin to tell her why.

                                          The line, "White man on the bus" just bothers me. My house does not allow racist talk and points out to my kids why such behavior in others isn't Christlike. And then the government-sponsored curriculum gives us this shit.
                                          "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                                          The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                                            • Babs
                                              Not a Lawyer
                                              • Nov 2008
                                              • 17128
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                                              This isn't Southern culture. Go ahead and make the sweeping generalizations that no one will call you on. It's okay to rip on the South because we're all in-bred racist hicks.
                                              Do you live in a doublewide or a triple?

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                                                • wuapinmon
                                                  Soul Plumber
                                                  • Dec 2008
                                                  • 30711
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                                                  Hey I live south of the Mason-Dixon line too pal. You're touchy.
                                                  I know you're not from the South even though you live here, neocarpetbagger.
                                                  "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                                                  The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                                                    • wuapinmon
                                                      Soul Plumber
                                                      • Dec 2008
                                                      • 30711
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Babs View Post
                                                      Do you live in a doublewide or a triple?
                                                      Come on, don't rip off Foxworthy.....do something more elaborate than that.
                                                      "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                                                      The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                                                        • Surfah
                                                          Where's Wallace?
                                                          • Nov 2008
                                                          • 33726
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                                                          I know you're not from the South even though you live here, neocarpetbagger.
                                                          Guilty as charged.
                                                          "Nobody listens to Turtle."
                                                          -Turtle
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