White Teacher Under Fire For Singing 'Monkey' Song On Black Boy's Birthday

[Carl in Michigan]

A white teacher in Florida is under fire after she sang a "monkey" birthday song to a six-year-old Black boy at school.

In a video shared on TikTok, the boy's classmates and teacher first sang the traditional "Happy Birthday" song to celebrate the occasion. The teacher then delivered what the boy's mother believes was a racially charged version of the birthday song.

"Happy birthday to you. You live in the zoo. You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too," the teacher recited, leaving several children visibly uncomfortable and confused.

The mother of the boy, identified as six-year-old Legend, called the teacher's song a racial insult.

“I’m sharing this so people understand what my son experienced in his classroom. A birthday should be celebrated with kindness, not racial jokes from an adult in a position of authority," the mother said.

MSN

Let's see how many of the right wingers make excuses for this.

What a disgrace.

Let's see how many of the right wingers make excuses for this

You're out to stir things up.
Here's the video

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Lite monkeys are cute. Why be offended?

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Did anything else happen concerning the boy's birthday? Since he had to be at school for his special day, maybe the class had food and drinks to celebrate the day and if that much was done for him, I wouldn't get too worked up over the song.

God bless you and him and his classmates and the teacher always!!!

Holly

 

[MarathonMike]

Did he look like he liked it? You're laughing because most racist think it is funny.

Do you know who the little Black girl in my avatar is? She was killed by a drunk illegal immigrant.

 

[Missourian]

my dad sang that to me all the time,,

Mine too.

 

[Missourian]

our rugby coach used to say we looked like a bunch of monkeys ******* a football when we fucked up in practice,,

and there were no blacks on the team,,

 

[Missourian]

Did she sing it for other kids too? Like white kids? What was the context?

I think you hit the nail on the head here.

If she sang this to every student, it would be awkward NOT to sing it this way for this student.

If this was the first time they ever sang it this way... ya, maybe she has to go.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

A white teacher in Florida is under fire after she sang a "monkey" birthday song to a six-year-old Black boy at school.

In a video shared on TikTok, the boy's classmates and teacher first sang the traditional "Happy Birthday" song to celebrate the occasion. The teacher then delivered what the boy's mother believes was a racially charged version of the birthday song.

"Happy birthday to you. You live in the zoo. You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too," the teacher recited, leaving several children visibly uncomfortable and confused.

The mother of the boy, identified as six-year-old Legend, called the teacher's song a racial insult.

“I’m sharing this so people understand what my son experienced in his classroom. A birthday should be celebrated with kindness, not racial jokes from an adult in a position of authority," the mother said.

MSN

Let's see how many of the right wingers make excuses for this.

What a disgrace.

Someone should tell the boys father if they knew who it was.

Black fatigue is real

 

[Muhammed]

A white teacher in Florida is under fire after she sang a "monkey" birthday song to a six-year-old Black boy at school.

In a video shared on TikTok, the boy's classmates and teacher first sang the traditional "Happy Birthday" song to celebrate the occasion. The teacher then delivered what the boy's mother believes was a racially charged version of the birthday song.

"Happy birthday to you. You live in the zoo. You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too," the teacher recited, leaving several children visibly uncomfortable and confused.

The mother of the boy, identified as six-year-old Legend, called the teacher's song a racial insult.

“I’m sharing this so people understand what my son experienced in his classroom. A birthday should be celebrated with kindness, not racial jokes from an adult in a position of authority," the mother said.

MSN

Let's see how many of the right wingers make excuses for this.

What a disgrace.

That's ******* hilarious.

 

[DukeU]

People are just looking for something to be offended about these days.

Imagine being a multi-millionaire and being offended over a cotton plant.

I wonder how much cotton she has in her house??

 

[TheGreatSatan]

People are just looking for something to be offended about these days.

Imagine being a multi-millionaire and being offended over a cotton plant.

I wonder how much cotton she has in her house??

Black fatigue is real.

It's the one thing all the races on earth agree on

 

[whitehall]

Even the most innocent comment can be considered racist if you are looking for it and you intend to play the victim of racism all your life. It's an old joke and a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. Clearly the outraged left has no sense of humor.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Did she sing it for other kids too? Like white kids? What was the context?

When I was a kid we sang that funny birthday song to each other
It didn't have any racial connotations

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Rolling Stones
Monkey Man song

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Even the most innocent comment can be considered racist if you are looking for it and you intend to play the victim of racism all your life. It's an old joke and a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. Clearly the outraged left has no sense of humor.

You can literally hold a random object in front of a democrat and that democrat will tell you why that random object is racist. No joke

 

[DukeU]

You can literally hold a random object in front of a democrat and that democrat will tell you why that random object is racist. No joke

'Math is Racist' Crowd Runs Rampant in Seattle, Portland​

 

[frigidweirdo]

When I was a kid we sang that funny birthday song to each other
It didn't have any racial connotations

The thing is, it could be used racially, or it could just be used as a fun song.

Which is it? The context of the situation might tell us that

 

[TheGreatSatan]

'Math is Racist' Crowd Runs Rampant in Seattle, Portland​

Rocking chairs and black holes are also racist

 

[DukeU]

Rocking chairs and black holes are also racist

Everything is racist nowadays... and here’s an A-Z to …​

 

[HikerGuy83]

works just fine for normal people,,

I even sing it to my kids,,

Go sing it to a black child that is not your own, and let us know how it goes.