{"id":2003,"date":"2012-04-17T21:20:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T04:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2012-04-17T21:20:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T04:20:58","slug":"dps-school-board-to-westerly-creek-mother-son-dance-exclusionary-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2003","title":{"rendered":"DPS School Board to Westerly Creek: \u201cMother-Son Dance Exclusionary, Offensive\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nRecent criticism of the First Annual Westerly Creek Mother-Son Dance eventually found its way to the DPS School Board who slapped the wrist of Westerly Creek, letting them know they will no longer be able to hold the function with its existing title. \u201cWe appreciate what they were trying to do,\u201d says school board member Tammi Gurule. \u201cHowever, it ended up coming off pretty offensive to the hundreds of thousands that were unintentionally excluded from the event.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe event was put in place to give a chance for moms to get to spend some time with their sons and have fun at a school function,\u201d says organizer Angela McCoy. \u201cBy no means were we trying to offend certain groups. All were welcome to the event, the title was something that a lot of us just thought was cute. We apologize to all of those whose feelings we hurt.\u201d\nThe confusion was recently cleared up over who exactly was being excluded by the title. \u201cOriginally, I think people believed that same-sex couples were the ones that were offended,\u201d says Tammi. \u201cSame-sex couples are typically intelligent and mature, and have also endured far worse discrimination than the title of an elementary school function, and would understand they were welcome to attend. So, let\u2019s make this very clear, same-sex couples were not bothered in the least by the title.\u201d\nThen what group was being discriminated against? The powerful organization MWKTCD, or Mothers Who Know They Can\u2019t Dance. \u201cThere are three types of mothers,\u201d says MWKTCD leader Lennie Sellers. \u201cThere are those that can dance, those that dance but are oblivious to their lack of skills, and then there is our group, those who know they can\u2019t dance. Having a function specifically geared to dancing when it is obvious so many mothers can\u2019t dance, was simply insensitive.\u201d\nLennie believes there is a solution in keeping the event, but changing the title. \u201cIf we could simply call it a \u2018sit around\u2019 or maybe a \u2018stand around\u2019 that might even work.\u201d The Stapletonion is willing to work with the community in finding a more appropriate and less insensitive title. We will publish the best suggestions in the next Stapletonion, and those that submit ones that are published will receive a free Stapletonion tee shirt. Simply send an email with your suggestion to Stapletonion@gmail.com with the subject line \u201cdance.\u201d ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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