“He still has a lot of talent, and he has the right to play, why should he be persecuted over peaceful protest?” They are also asking NFL teams to let Kaepernick play again. This country is a country that has shared values, and the more we respect each other, the better off we’ll be as a country,” said Huffman.Ī separate resolution by the California NAACP is calling on Congress to censure President Donald Trump for his remarks about firing those who don’t stand for the anthem. This is about a song that should never have been the national anthem. Huffman says it may not solve anything, but it’s a step towards social justice that she says is long overdue. She says some interpretations conclude that the lyrics celebrate the deaths of black American slaves fighting for freedom, and the song should be replaced with something that supports all of our values.
RACIST AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS FREE
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. No refuge could save the hireling and slaveįrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,Īnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave It is said our (yes, OUR) anthem glories in black slaves dying. Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution. A friend asked a question about a challenge via The Root about the National Anthem. That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusionĪ home and a Country should leave us no more? THIRD STANZA (FULL LYRICS AT BOTTOM OF STORY)Īnd where is that band who so vauntingly swore, Huffman is referring to the third stanza, which includes the lyric “no refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.” READ MORE: Pittsburgh Police Looking For Stolen Dog It doesn’t represent our community, it’s anti-black,” she said.
But Huffman says Kaepernick’s message was lost when it turned into a debate about the flag. “This song is wrong it shouldn’t have been there, we didn’t have it till 1931, so it won’t kill us if it goes away,” said the organization’s president Alice Huffman.Ĭolin Kaepernick started the NFL protests, which quickly spread to bring attention to systemic racial injustice in the country. READ MORE: Pittsburgh Gets Season's 1st Accumulating Snowfall And now we do it under the guise of 'legacy'.SACRAMENTO (CBS) - The California NAACP is pushing to get rid of the national anthem, which they’re calling racist and anti-black. "We do it first because we knew what we were doing and we wanted to be sexist and racist. "And so, I do side with the people who say that we should rethink this as the national anthem, because this is about the deep-seated legacy of slavery and white supremacy in America, where we do things over and over and over again that are a slap in the face of people of colour and women. "But then there are these young people who say that America needs to live up to its real creed. This song is wrong it shouldn’t have been there, we didn’t have it ’til 1931, so it won’t kill us if it goes away. The California NAACP is pushing to get rid of the national anthem that they’re calling racist and anti-black.
Shirin Rajaee, CBS Sacramento, November 7, 2107. Walker, who is also an author, said in the interview: "The 53-year-old in me says, we can't change things that have existed forever. Group Calling National Anthem Lyrics Racist, Anti-Black.
Despite being British, John Lennon's Imagine has been touted as a replacement, with journalist Powell describing the hit as the "most beautiful, unifying, all-people, all-backgrounds-together kind of song you could have".īut many Americans have hit back, claiming it is an example of the Black Lives Matter movement being used to "erase American history".
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