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Got the TV going in the background, they're doing the usual lead-in stuff.
Someone playing the piano just sang something called "Lift Every Voice and Sing". Pretty song, nice voice.
But then somebody said it was supposed to be the "Black National Anthem".
What? Blacks have their own National Anthem? For what country? I didn't know it was for ANY country.
I assume they meant it for the United States?
Why? Are they trying to tell us that the old "Star Spangled Banner" doesn't stand for them?
Maybe their message is, "We aren't really part of the United States, we need an anthem that represents us, not 'all citizens' "?
"Blacks are different, we just can't be with whites, we want some sort of "Separate but Equal" status?
Umm... isn't that what we've been trying to GET AWAY from, for the last 50-plus years?
When did black people suddenly decide they couldn't relate to "The Star-Spangled Banner", and that they needed s separate anthem?
Or did they?
Did a couple of chronic Social Justice Warriors get together around a microphone and decide it on their own, without the concurrence (or even the knowledge) of most black people?
"Blacks are different, we just can't be with whites, we want some sort of "Separate but Equal" status?
I don't know if it's blacks wanting to be separate from whites, or whites (i.e. the ones who run the National Football League) wanting to be separate from blacks. Either way, it's racist.
You have got to be kidding. I do a lot of SMH in disbelief lately. They want all races to be equal yet they keep separating themselves. I don't get it. The US national anthem is for everyone. We don't need a different one for each red or yellow black or white. Give me a break.
What that “singer” is doing to the National Anthem is a disgrace.
Concur.
I don't care if they jazz up other songs beyond recognition.
But this is the National Anthem.
It isn't a vehicle for the singer to show off how beautiful or wonderful or country he is.
Too many singers think the performance is all about them.
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