Fox News reports that some folks are up in arms over a rap song being used in some schools called “Old Dead White Men.” The rap song teaches about Monroe and Andrew Jackson. The rap music is being used with at-risk kids in Oklahoma City Public Schools and is a product of an educational company called Flocabulary.
In particular, the song lyrics include the following about Jackson:
“Andrew Jackson thinks he’s a tough guy. Killing more Indians than there are stars in the sky. Evil wars of Florida killing the Seminoles. Saying hello, putting Creek in the hell holes. Like Adolf Hitler he had the final solution. ‘No, Indians, I don’t want you to live here anymore.”
Sooooo…what here is inaccurate? It appears that the accuracy isn’t in question, just the wisdom of using such inflammatory language around already troubled youths.
