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yes baa baa rainbow sheep No keep it the way it was
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is the song baa baa balck sheep racis???

ba ba rainbow sheep or ba ba black sheep

yes baa baa rainbow sheep

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No keep it the way it was

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3 points

I don't think this really even requires any real debate. It's obviously not racist.

Side: No keep it the way it was
2 points

"The reason to the words and history to this song were to associate wool and wool products with the animal that produces it, not to mention the sound that a sheep would make! The first grasp of language for a child or baby is to imitate the sounds or noises that animals make onomatopoeia (words sound like their meaning e.g. baa baa)." Quoted from http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/nursery_rhymes/baa_baa_black_sheep.htm

"This popular rhyme probably dates back to the Middle Ages, possibly to the 13th Century, and relates to a tax imposed by the king on wool. One-third went to the local lord (the 'master'), one-third to the church (referred to as the 'dame') and about a third was for the farmer (the 'little boy who lives down the lane')." See http://nurseryrhymes.allinfoabout.com/Baa_baa_black_sheep.html

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Supporting Evidence: Origin and purpose of nursery rhyme (www.rhymes.org.uk)
Side: Nursery Rhymes and Reasons
2 points

There is a known genetic anomaly in certain sheep that makes their wool black. The existence of black sheep has been known for far longer than African Americans have considered taking offense at the nursery rhyme.

Side: No keep it the way it was
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hell no!!!!!!!!!!! i mean is a farily penguin a hit at gay people???? some people seem to think so. it is just an old song which sounds better baa baa black sheep!!!!! why change it to baa baa rainbow sheep. it is teaching the kids wrong messages. and telling them that everything is ofensive when it is clearly not. that somg was not written to be racis i mean why would you want to do that. it could have been written by a balc man or a asian man or a white man or women so why take it the wrong way and band it form schools and change the words. now it just doesn't make sense!!!!!!!!! it is teaching kids to take everything so personly when it is not a direct racial remark at all far from it!!!!!!!!!

Side: people get so ofended now gosh