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Miley Cyrus responds to Wisconsin elementary school ban on her Dolly Parton collab ‘Rainbowland’ with donation

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Miley Cyrus has responded to a Wisconsin school banning students from singing her Dolly Parton collaboration ‘Rainbowland’ by donating to an LGBTQ+ organisation.Teachers from Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha, Wisconsin were ordered earlier this week to remove the song from a planned concert in which it would be performed by first-graders.According to a statement by the Waukesha School District, a music teacher at the school asked the principal to approve the song’s usage prior to the ban.

After he and a central office administrator reviewed the song, they found it “could be deemed controversial”, based on one of the district board policies.The lyrics of ‘Rainbowland’ – from Cyrus’ 2017 album ‘Younger Now’ – do not explicitly mention LGBTQ+ issues, but do espouse a general message of acceptance for others. “Wouldn’t it be nice to live in paradise? / Where we’re free to be exactly who we are,” Cyrus and Parton sing. “Let’s all dig down deep inside / Brush the judgment and fear aside.”Cyrus described the song as “very political” when speaking to NME back in 2017. “It’s about all these different races and genders and religions, if we all did come together to create and said, ‘Hey, we’re different, that’s awesome, let’s not change to be the same, let’s stay different but let’s come together anyway.’ Because a rainbow’s not a rainbow without all the different colours.”In a statement shared to WPR, Waukesha Superintendent James Sebert said “the question was around whether the song was appropriate for the age and maturity level of the first-grade students”.

According to WPR, the ban prompted backlash from both teachers and parents in the school community, with one parent calling the ban “politically motivated”.Melissa Tempel,.

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