A follow up on the story I posted earlier about a local High School performing Ragtime and the local NAACP people being upset about the use of the N-word:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/Ragtime-Star-Visits-Cherry-Hill-High-School-.html
I thought the uproar was ridiculous. I mean, did these people oject to the use of the n-word in Roots? Do you know how I came to understand why the n-word is so bad? It is because, as a child, I watched Roots. It taught me all I needed to know about that word.
It’s a high school Warb. When was the last time you saw a high school put on a performance of Roots?
Well never, because no one has ever turned it into a play. It was however shown in my history class one year(11th grade, I think).
You miss the point. Performing it is a lot different than watching it.
So you think it if were made into a play it would be wrong to perform it in Highschools even though Root is designed to teach the horrors of slavery and racism?
I didn’t say wrong. I just think it is understandable that students and their parents are uncomfortable with such things.