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<blockquote data-quote="Bill of Rights" data-source="post: 1301688" data-attributes="member: 9940">How much do any of you know about the actual CURRICULUM of this project?&nbsp; Just because a song is called &quot;Old Dead White Guy&quot; you think... well, you think what??&nbsp; What does the song say?&nbsp; If it says &quot;Washington is just an old dead white guy&quot; then OK, I agree, it&#039;s bad.&nbsp; If it says &quot;Washington is this old dead white guy who did X, Y and Z&quot; then maybe it will snag some interest and someone will actually learn something they wouldn&#039;t have.&nbsp; How do you know they&#039;re dumbing anything down?By the way, if you think the curriculum you learned in school isn&#039;t SEVERELY dumbed down compared to what most Europeans and many others are taught at the same age, wake up.And if you want a study of modern American social history without addressing the influence of hip-hop and rap (right or wrong), think again.&nbsp; Even most rock music is heavily influenced by hip-hop now.Mind you, I&#039;m not coming out in defense of racism or sexism in hip-hop music or saying we should flood children&#039;s minds with it.&nbsp; But it is a reality of our culture and a significant form of music and poetry.&nbsp; To hide from it is silly.Maybe this program is totally evil.&nbsp; I just haven&#039;t seen anything to make me condemn it.&nbsp; I almost wouldn&#039;t believe it but... do all of you find this...&quot;politically incorrect?&quot;&nbsp; Whoa.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill of Rights, post: 1301688, member: 9940"] How much do any of you know about the actual CURRICULUM of this project? Just because a song is called "Old Dead White Guy" you think... well, you think what?? What does the song say? If it says "Washington is just an old dead white guy" then OK, I agree, it's bad. If it says "Washington is this old dead white guy who did X, Y and Z" then maybe it will snag some interest and someone will actually learn something they wouldn't have. How do you know they're dumbing anything down? By the way, if you think the curriculum you learned in school isn't SEVERELY dumbed down compared to what most Europeans and many others are taught at the same age, wake up. And if you want a study of modern American social history without addressing the influence of hip-hop and rap (right or wrong), think again. Even most rock music is heavily influenced by hip-hop now. Mind you, I'm not coming out in defense of racism or sexism in hip-hop music or saying we should flood children's minds with it. But it is a reality of our culture and a significant form of music and poetry. To hide from it is silly. Maybe this program is totally evil. I just haven't seen anything to make me condemn it. I almost wouldn't believe it but... do all of you find this..."politically incorrect?" Whoa. [/QUOTE]

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