SCHOOL DISTRICT BANS RAP MUSIC ON BUSES

An Oregon school district has discussed reversing its ban on rap music on buses after allegations of racism. Portland Public Schools had ordered its bus drivers to stop playing hip-hop music after it deemed rap “inappropriate.” Teri Brady, the senior director of transportation in the district, sent a memo to bus drivers in March ordering them to stop playing “religious, rap music or talk show programs.” The only acceptable music to play was pop, country and jazz. Parents’ outrage over the memo forced the district to walk back on their order. Portland Public Schools spokeswoman Courtney Westling said in a statement: “We regret the way this was communicated. Our intent is to limit student exposure to religious teachings, profanity and violent lyrics,” “The transportation department will be revising its guidance to bus drivers shortly to be more inclusive of different genres of music.”
* “Or I’ll bust a cap in their ass,” she concluded.
* Jazz? As if riding a school bus wasn’t unpleasant enough.
* By all means, let the kids be exposed more to rap’s profanity and violent lyrics. You don’t want them growing up all namby-pamby do you?
* Wait – it’s 2016. Aren’t the kids on the bus listening to their own mp3s?
* It’s not the fear of the outrage that’s driving this. It’s the fear of the lawsuits.
* Hey, at least rap teaches the children to rhyme.
* This is exactly why they banned religion in school. Why try and pick and choose which ones are acceptable?
* I predict the head of the school district will eventually say, “Screw it. It’ll be easier to ban all music.”
* Meanwhile the kids barely looked up from their phones during the whole debate.