Banned Books Awareness: “Banned Nursery Rhymes”

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Just about anything, in any format, can get censored or banned these days- books, television, movies, art, and music, to name a few. Now we can add classic nursery rhymes to the list of “offensive” material.

The world, it seems, has completely lost its sense of reason and logic. From America to Australia, the classic songs of our childhood are being erased “for our own good and protection.”

Did you know that black sheep are now on the endangered species list? Well, in a manner of speaking, they are.

Preschool teachers are being instructed not to teach or allow children sing classic nursery rhymes. Baa Baa Black Sheep, for example, is at the top of the list because the words are considered to be racially insensitive.

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