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Originally Posted by blueash
I wonder where you read/heard that the plan was to have the Black anthem after the Star SB? It has never been done that way and I find absolutely nothing substantiating your claim. I am sure you have found the source and I would like to read the evidence.
Now tell me how it would get ugly? Would real Americans feel the need to riot in the stands? 2nd Amendment solutions? Boo the Black song?
Do real Americans get ugly when the play Oh Canada at hockey games? Do people in Western Canada get outraged at the French lyrics in that song even though French is not part of their local history? Should the 30% of Americans who identify as "none" religion get ugly at God Bless America?
By the way, there is no rule or tradition suggesting that people should stand for Lift Every Voice, although some may choose to do so. There is also nothing to suggest that people should stand for God Bless America or any other song other than the SBB.
Patriotism should not be confused with nativism or who does or does not stand for any song.
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I'll look for the citation. Meanwhile, I was afraid that it might get booed or worse and was happy they changed their minds. I like the song as well, I just don't feel it should be a "national anthem" for any American
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The Super Bowl Will Again Feature Two 'National Anthems'
COMMENTARY
By Dennis PagerFebruary 06, 2024
The Super Bowl Will Again Feature Two 'National Anthems'FR170650 AP
This coming Sunday, at the most widely viewed sporting event in America, the Super Bowl, the National Football League will feature the singing of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the song first known as the "Negro national anthem" and now known as the "black national anthem."
In order to ensure that those present at the game and the more than 100 million people watching on television cannot avoid hearing it, the "black national anthem" will, according to the schedule I have seen, be played after the actual national anthem of the United States. If that is the case, this will presumably be done in order to also ensure that everyone is still standing when it is sung. The NFL probably fears that some of those attending the game -- specifically, those who possess two increasingly rare traits: love of America and courage -- might not rise for the "black national anthem." But if they were already standing for the national anthem, few will sit when the "black national anthem" is then sung. The NFL doesn't want a repeat of what occurred at last year's Super Bowl in Arizona, when, as ABC News reported, "Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake went viral in 2023 for remaining seated during a performance of the song at Super Bowl LVII." Last year, the "black national anthem" was played prior to the national anthem.
How destructive a decision performing the "black national anthem" at sporting events is -- whether before or after the national anthem -- can be summarized this way: Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, is among the few Americans of whom it will one day be said that he seriously damaged America. In 2021, the Washington Times noted, "Under Roger Goodell, the NFL has gone far beyond the kneeling; it's doubling down on 'social justice.' In addition to painting more slogans in the end zones and on players' helmets, the League will be donating $250 million to Black Lives Matter and other activist groups to 'combat systemic racism and support the battle against the ongoing and historical injustices faced by African-Americans.'"
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