Upstate New York Elementary School Cancels ‘Jingle Bells’ Claiming It Has Racist Origins

Upstate New York Elementary School Cancels ‘Jingle Bells’ Claiming It Has Racist Origins

An upstate New York school district has pulled the classic winter tune “Jingle Bells” from the music curriculum at an elementary school over concerns that it may have first been performed in Boston at a minstrel show in which white performers donned blackface.

 

Upstate New York Elementary School Cancels ‘Jingle Bells’ Claiming It Has Racist Origins

Upstate New York Elementary School Cancels ‘Jingle Bells’ Claiming It Has Racist Origins

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Upstate New York Elementary School Cancels ‘Jingle Bells’ Claiming It Has Racist Origins

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Upstate New York Elementary School Cancels ‘Jingle Bells’ Claiming It Has Racist Origins

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