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Thread ID: 14322 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2004-06-25
2004-06-25 18:17 | User Profile
Whitney Houston, raunchy rap, Three Mo Tenors - three more reasons not to let "educators" run the schools, nor even let them on school property.
Notice that the complaints are about numerous copies of black music. Another example that anyone who thinks black music is good doesn't have the intelligence to appreciate that a school district library system doesn't need 1300 copies of the same CD, even given that the music is great, and even given the high theft rate by blacks.
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- As Washington school and library officials wade through thousands of CDs sent by the recording industry to settle a price-fixing lawsuit, one district can't help but wonder: Can a library have too much Whitney Houston?
The Puget Sound Educational Service District, serving 35 school districts, received 1,300 copies of Houston's soaring rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner," a disc that includes only one other song, "America the Beautiful."
Other discs have raunchy rap unsuitable for school libraries, and some librarians said it looked like the music companies were dumping stale inventory. ... Millions more will land on library loading docks around the country in coming weeks. ... The CDs were selected by experts and educators for their lasting significance ... Librarian Lara Weigand from the Tacoma Public Library is dubious that even half of the 1,325 CDs sent to her 10-library system meet that criteria: She said she doesn't need 57 copies of "Three Mo Tenors," based on a 2001 PBS special about African-American tenors.
[URL=http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/06/25/cd.settlement.ap/index.html]CNN[/URL]