We are in the middle of 2023 but in some places on the planet it seems that the clock has stopped in the 16th century. If it weren’t for this, the decision that a school in the United States made to decide to censor a song by Miley Cyrus hinting at a surreal reason.

The events that many followers of the American artist have denounced took place at the Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha County (Wisconsin, United States). There, several school officials had prepared a spring concert where many students were going to participate in a show to play and sing Rainbowland, the song that Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton sang as a duet.

However, shortly before the start of the children’s “verbena”, some teachers denounced the direction that the aforementioned song had lyrics “with LGTBI hints that are not suitable for some students”. In a school where the main values ​​to be taught are respect, tolerance, diversity… someone decided to censor a song for its lyrics. April 2023…

“My first graders were so excited to sing Rainbowland for our spring concert, but our administration vetoed it,” class educator Melissa Temple said on her social media to show her displeasure with the situation.

The case immediately made the rounds of major media on American soil and the educator’s argument is non-negotiable: “We should show their support for inclusion in different ways. I want to make sure that my students feel safe and supported at school, and that their identities are cherished no matter how they identify.”

The complaint reached the ears of Miley Cyrus’s Happy Hippie Foundation, which is charged with helping, specifically, homeless LGTBI youth: “To the inspiring first graders at Heyer Elementary School: Keep to be you. judgment and fear, and makes us all more understanding and tolerant. Read aloud, read with pride,” they wrote after announcing they would be donating inclusion-themed books.

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