The Kids are Alright

I recommend listening to this performance while reading on: The Waterton, Wisconsin school board voted to remove this song, “A Mother of a Revolution!”, from the spring concert. Why? Because the song was dedicated to Marsha P. Johnson, an important figure in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. And according to most of the board members’ bigotry, that must make it “indoctrination and radical curriculum.” 🙄 As TMJ4 News reports, the band director properly followed the board policy back in October, notifying families of the potentially controversial song and gave students the option to opt out. Only a few did. Fast forward several months, and the board votes to remove the song just a week before the spring concert. Students and family members spoke out at the board meeting: “It is a band piece with no lyrics that is very technically challenging,” said Anderson. “We have worked so hard for months.” “I don't think you guys understand how hard it is to listen to you guys not accepting,” one student…