Coney Island principal bans patriotic music during upcoming ceremony: teachers

A controversial Coney Island principal who grabbed headlines for banning the patriotic tune “God Bless the U.S.A.” from an end-of-year kindergarten ceremony in 2012 is at it again, school staffers told the Daily News.

Public School 90 boss Greta Hawkins on Monday killed a plan for pre-K students to march into an end-of-year celebration carrying flags to a song called “Stand Up for the Red, White and Blue,” teachers said.

Hawkins, 49, of Brooklyn, told teachers she banished the patriotic display planned for the June 19 festivities because the staffers who organized it didn’t ask her permission.

But staffers said their principal’s history of banning patriotic music from school events suggests that her motivations might have been something else entirely.

I agree with you on "My Country, Tis of Thee," but --- take a look --- these are the words thee Principal thought were "too aggressive."

Wait. WHAT?

God Bless The USA
by Lee Greenwood I'd worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my children and my wife.

I'd thank my lucky stars,
to be livin here today.
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
and they can't take that away.

And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

From the lakes of Minnesota,
to the hills of Tennessee.
Across the plains of Texas,
From sea to shining sea.

From Detroit down to Houston,
and New York to L.A.
Well there's pride in every American heart,
and its time we stand and say.

That I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

And I'm proud to be and American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

You’re right...it’s outrageous she’s offended by these lyrics. Should be grounds for dismissal. Maybe she’d be ok with the song if it had some new lyrics about food stamps, EBT cards, Nikes, ho’s, drive by shootings, Pigford farm programs, and reparations.

>> Many blacks do not believe in truly celebrating [America]

>> This small percentage of black people [have contempt for America]

I certainly hope it’s a small percentage.

With the infection of Leftism removed from the opportunity equation, I would like to think that the average person of any type realizes that life’s limitations within Constistutional America are, for the most part, self-imposed.

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