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California NAACP chapter says national anthem is racist
"a verse not usually sung during events"?????? How bout NEVER sung during events!
California NAACP chapter says national anthem is racist
The California chapter of the NAACP is upping the ante on national anthem protests by calling for the song to be replaced as the country’s national anthem because it’s “racist.”
“This song is wrong,” chapter president Alice Huffman said. “It should never have been there, and just like we didn’t have it until 1931, it won’t kill us if it goes away.”
She went on to say that national anthem protests sparked by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick led her to analyze the lyrics of the “Star Spangled Banner” itself finding issue with a verse not usually sung during events:
No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
The words reference slaves and have been interpreted as a celebration of the deaths of American slaves who joined British forces in the War of 1812 in exchange for their freedom. Adding fuel to the fire, author of the 1814 song, Francis Scott Key, was a slave owner and an anti-abolitionist.
“It’s racist,” Huffman said. “It doesn’t represent our community. It’s anti-black people.”
“This song is wrong,” chapter president Alice Huffman said. “It should never have been there, and just like we didn’t have it until 1931, it won’t kill us if it goes away.”
She went on to say that national anthem protests sparked by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick led her to analyze the lyrics of the “Star Spangled Banner” itself finding issue with a verse not usually sung during events:
No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
The words reference slaves and have been interpreted as a celebration of the deaths of American slaves who joined British forces in the War of 1812 in exchange for their freedom. Adding fuel to the fire, author of the 1814 song, Francis Scott Key, was a slave owner and an anti-abolitionist.
“It’s racist,” Huffman said. “It doesn’t represent our community. It’s anti-black people.”
"a verse not usually sung during events"?????? How bout NEVER sung during events!
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