Florida school sends permission slips to learn Black National Anthem

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An Ocala, Florida parent is outraged after an elementary school sent home a permission slip for students to learn the Black National Anthem, but not other topics like the Holocaust, according to reports.

Fox station WOFL in Orlando reported that the form went home with students from College Park Elementary in Ocala, Florida, which is part of the Marion County Public Schools.

Parents were asked to sign the form to give their third, fourth, and fifth grade children permission to learn the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

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The music was composed by Johnson’s brother, John Rasamond Johnson, and it was first performed in public in Jacksonville, Florida, to celebrate the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln.

The permission slip was sent to parents to give them the choice on whether to participate or not after the principal of the school felt the song may contain lyrics that some may find objectionable, the district told WOFL.

The line that raised concern was, "We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered."

Amanda questioned why permissions slips were not sent out when her third-grade daughter learned about the Holocaust.

"I know they’re different, but it’s history," Amanda said. "I would assume they’d send a form for that too, but nothing at all."

She said there was nothing in the song that she considered to be a red flag, nor did any of the lyrics make her feel uncomfortable.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-school-sends-permission-slips-to-learn-black-national-anthem-not-holocaust-reports/ar-AA16pznt

[SoCalDavidS]

1. I Had No Idea There Was A Black National Anthem

Honestly, I'm completely shocked that they're even offering to teach that in a state like Floriduh.

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2. its played / sung at many African Am events and meetings.

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3. "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

https://poets.org/poem/lift-every-voice-and-sing

Lift Every Voice and Sing
James Weldon Johnson - 1871-1938

Lift every voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list'ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.

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4. De Santis will fix it for them

Unbelievable that permission slips go out to teach children what some people will object to.. like teaching the Holocaust. These people are on my last nerve