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High School Students Singing A Racist KKK-Themed 'Jingle Bells' Spark Outrage
The New Hampshire 11th-graders sung lyrics such as "KKK, KKK, let's kill all the blacks" after being assigned to create a jingle based on Reconstruction.
Schoolofficialsare investigating “an incident of extreme racial insensitivity” at a New Hampshire high school after students were filmed singing a KKK-themed Christmas carol.
The song was performed by Dover High School students for “a classroom assignment dealing with [the] reconstruction period in American history,” the school district’s superintendent, William Harbron, said in a letter Monday.
The "incident of extreme racial insensitivity" is currently being investigated by school officials.
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Lyrics, according to multiple outlets, included “KKK, KKK, let’s kill all the blacks,” sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells.”
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“We are deeply concerned that an event such as this could occur and understand the emotion and concern that this event will create for our students, families and staff,” Harbron said.
“Administration from Dover High School and the District are working with students and the school community to respond immediately and effectively to this racial insensitivity.”
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