Wednesday, March 15, 2006

New York Post Online Edition: news

New York Post Online Edition: news: "YOUNGSTER'S BLACK-POWER POEM RILES SCHOOL
A 7-year-old prodigy unleashed a firestorm when she recited a poem she wrote comparing Christopher Columbus and Charles Darwin to 'pirates' and 'vampires' who robbed blacks of their identities and human rights.

Hundreds of parents of Peekskill middle- and high-school students received a recorded phone message last week apologizing for little Autum Ashante's poem, titled 'White Nationalism Put U in Bondage.'"

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