Super Bowl XV featured performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful,” as well as “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” known as the black national anthem. However, many online commentators criticized the NFL for featuring a performance of the Black national anthem, saying it was “again promoting the politics of racial division.”
R&B singer Andra Day sang the Black National Anthem at Super Bowl 58.
As Blaze News previously reported, Day’s triple-platinum song “Rise Up” has become the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Day previously said that having his song become a Black Lives Matter anthem is “a great honor because Black Lives Matter stands for standing up against oppression and persecution. By bringing the group together on ‘Rise Up,’ I became more aware of the need to use my platform to serve.” Local community/community. “
She also explained why she connects her music to her activism, saying, “I’m trying to tell the truth about the racial terrorism that has happened and continues to happen in this country. Too often we change the narrative to make things easier to understand, but the reality is: If we don’t address injustice honestly and openly, we will never heal. It will not be. ”
Day performed at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Many prominent internet users rejected the Black national anthem being sung at the Super Bowl, deeming it divisive.
mike lojczyk “There is no such thing as a ‘Negro national anthem,'” said a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. “We are all Americans, united by the great and beautiful Star-Spangled Banner. The Super Bowl is supposed to unite us. It’s shameful that the NFL has decided to push the politics of racial division again. is”
talk show host megyn kelly “The so-called Negro national anthem has no place in the Super Bowl. We already have a national anthem, and it includes everyone.”
conservative commentator CJ Pearson declared.”Before tonight’s Super Bowl, as a young black man and a proud American, let me say this: There is only one national anthem. There is only one United States of America. And it is suitable for everyone: white, black, yellow and even maroon. The challenge of dividing the left is not just unnecessary. I’m tired. ”
host Tim Young he asked.Why does the NFL only have a national anthem and a “Negro national anthem”? What about the national anthems of Asians, Hispanics, Jews, Muslims, Native American tribes, Pacific Islanders, Inuit, and all other races in America? Why not start his pregame 48 hours early by playing every national anthem ever? After all, it’s not truly inclusive unless you include everyone. ”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he was boycotting all Super Bowl games in protest of the Black national anthem.
gates I have written He said on social media site X that he would not watch the Super Bowl because the NFL was “desecrating the American national anthem by playing something called the ‘Black National Anthem.'”
The song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was originally written as a prayer hymn by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson in 1900.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People recognized the song as the “Negro National Anthem” in 1919.
Last year, Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph sang the Black National Anthem at Super Bowl 57, a performance deemed divisive by many online commentators.
Gospel duo Mary Mary and the Youth Orchestra performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the 2022 Super Bowl LVI.
A previously recorded version of the Black National Anthem sung by Alicia Keys was performed at the 2021 Super Bowl LV.
In 2020, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was played during every NFL game during the first week of the season.
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