NFL Announces ‘Black National Anthem’ Will Be Performed at Super Bowl

Apples and oranges, bruh.

Especially since by your own admission in both this current thread and the one from last year, you supposedly are “done” with the NFL after the kneeling thing from 7 years ago, and yet here you are once again whining about this same subject. You’d think someone who claims they don’t give a sht about the NFL anymore would actually follow through on that.

 

It's not about apples and oranges. People burned down cities and ruined businesses and livelihoods because they wanted respect (and free Nikes) It's the same thing with the kneeling, as Americans we want respect from the millionaires who claim to be oppressed.

I no longer watch football, but I still do see the news, bruh.

 

We were getting divided long before that. In fact it started getting worse when Obama was President because damn near every time someone objected to one of his policies Democrats screamed "RACISM!!!"

What does what you said here have to do with the "national black anthem" being played at the NFL Superbowl as opposed to the United States of America's National Anthem?

There should only be two national anthems played at any given game. And only if there are two national teams playing. Otherwise there should only be one. The nation that you're playing in. And this supposed "national black anthem" isn't even a national anthem. A national anthem includes everyone living in a nation. Not just one group. That's why its called "national".

I think it would be better to stop dividing people into groups and just play one song that is meant for everyone and not just one group. In the US that would be called The Start Spangled Banner.

 

It's not your white supremacist Boogeyman that are pushing things like this separatist anthem for instance.

It's not your white supremacist Boogeyman who are demanding white people free spaces in public colleges.

That would be your progressive ( mostly white supremacist, but supremacist of other colors as well...) racist.

Although I'm sure Biden would have heartily approved of such a separate nation so his kids didn't have to go to school in a racial jungle.

 

well why don't you actually point it out and quote some well-known white supremacist saying the things that you say he is saying?

I have a feeling you won't be producing any such evidence. But here's your chance to surprise me and make me eat those words

 

LOL -- good one.

The NFL may have to learn the hard way--like Sports Illustrated. What next, the Black Anthem at NASCAR races? Well, you could offset it by also singing "I Wish I Was In Dixie" -- LOL
The harder we work to stamp out racism and segregation the more divided we become.

 

So what?! Why is it of such paramount importance to recall a past discussion when the current situation pertains to this (THIS) year's Super Bowl! Obviously, the same kind of partisan, in-your-face, 'guerilla-theater' tactics which may have been used a year ago (and ever since the "kneeling" publicity stunt first got started in 2016) are active now or the NFL and the networks wouldn't even think of allowing that kind of crap to continue....

This kind of divisive insanity is as repulsive now as it was then. There is only one National Anthem, and anything else pretending to be a "national anthem" is nothing but opportunistic agitation to push some radical faction's propaganda.

 

The really sad, ironic thing about this kind of nonsense is that with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW!

That is, by far, more important than anything else because THAT is what makes us truly unified and EQUAL.

Well... the ink has been dry on those laws for over 58 years! Exactly what the hell else are we supposed to do? Either we're one nation, unified in our identical citizenship before the law, or, this whole thing is nothing but a psychological clone of ancient Rome -- except for the fact that at least Romans were a lot more loyal to their empire than way too many Americans are to our country....

 

It started WAY before Obama was President. Ever hear of "slavery"? Jim Crowe?

But you are correct that after Obama we started to DENOUNCE it more seriously. And we were making quite a bit of progress. That's when Trump came and brought white supremacists out of the closet.

As opposed? Are you not reading? They'll play BOTH!

BTW, the song is called "Lift Every Voice and Sing". "Black National Anthem" is just a nickname. It's not a national anthem at all. The U.S. has NO Official National Anthem.

 

It's funny that MAGAs believe that a SONG could be "separatist, but to oppose the unequal treatment and institutional disadvantages of the black population is not.

 

A better question would be why is it of such importance for you to have another thread about it when most of you were never gonna watch or care anyway? What exactly are any of you hoping to accomplish by bringing this up a year later as if you have any reason to care?

 

You're right about that, and many of us (I cannot be the only one) were aware of that 3 years ago, that the NFL is just one more fascist organization, doing the government's dirty work for it, glorifying military aggression brought under fraud from the White House, whether George Bush or Barack Obama or Sleepy Joe. The NFL also pushed the Scamdemic and the toxic serums injected into the players.

I used to spend money with the NFL, but not no mo'. I do enjoy watching the game, but cannot stand the WEF bullshit the organization advances.

 

Riots and looting =/= kneeling for anthem

Not even in the same ballpark dude, not by a long shot.

 

Ummmmmmm….. right?

 

How and why would the performance of a song create a deepening schism? It isn't replacing the national anthem - it will be included. No one has been erased, there will simply be an additional performance. You see it as further emphasizing the divide, yet all they are doing is adding a performance. Do you see the irony of that?

 

Why should separate races have separate national anthems? Aren't we 1 country? E Pluribus Unum?

The immediate result of this silliness is an emphasis (subliminal or otherwise) on separation of races. I thought the government was all about inclusion these days?

 

Read what I said better. I said it started to get worse during Obama's Presidency. That implies a time when it wasn't as bad. And there was such a time. When the way of teaching was in a color blind way. That did more to heal and end racism than anything the woke crowd has done. All they've done is make things far worse.

All you did was denounce fantasy. People were not racist just because they opposed a policy. No matter how much you try to claim otherwise.

There's only one National Anthem for the US. Playing both is just causing division.

1: I know the name of the song. And yes, its supposedly a nickname. But words have meanings. Nickname or not. Calling it the "Black National Anthem" separates them from the rest of the nation.
2: Yes, the US does have an official national anthem. Its called the Star Spangled Banner and was deemed as the official national anthem on March 3rd 1931. LINK: 36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu) So much for your claim of doing your homework before making assertions.

 

Say what? Do you just make up stuff as you go? Who opposes unequal anything? If you want to talk about unequal treatment and institutional disadvantages, then stop hiring people by identity and use merit instead just like every NFL team does with its players.

Every black person in the NFL is most likely a millionaire who is treated like royalty and I doubt they give crap about either anthem, just the Benjamins.

If anyone kneels for the black anthem what will your reaction be? I'm sure it will include plenty of words like white supremacy, racism, hatred, etc.

And just so you know, there will be people on the field, in the stands and watching on TV of other nationalities and ethnicities, so if anything, this unequal treatment is something they're being subjected to if their anthems aren't played. If they feel left out are you going to blame white supremacy again and again and again?

 

Which specific ones are illiterate? And how do you know they are illiterate?

 

Read what I said. I said it started to get better during Obama's presidency.

You operate under the incorrect assumption that HIDDING a problem is how you solve it. The fact is that to solve a problem, you need to make it more visible.

It was definitely as bad. In fact, it was WORSE. But you could close your eyes and act as if it didn't exist. Guess WHO couldn't close their eyes and act as if it didn't exist?

Racism is not about PEOPLE being racist. White Supremacists DO exist. And they DO feed their propaganda to folks who are not racists. But racism is about the SYSTEM being racist.

Playing both draws attention to the fact that there IS a problem. And it exists REGARDLESS of how many anthems they play at the Superbowl.

White supremacists would love to draw attention away. And they enlist the aid of gullible people. Bigots like Tucker, Alex Jones, Steve Banon, .... and many others... they have a wide enough audience to carry their message for them.

 

Those who want to HIDE the fact that it exists, mainly. Playing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" highlights the fact that the problem DOES exist. It spoils their fantasy-world in which they are the privileged.

Why else would anybody be up in arms about something as trivial as the Super bowl's pre-game programming?

 

Maybe same reason Trumper's care about Trump or Biden supporters care about Biden even though they aren't, nor ever will be, friends with them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Uh oh, it looks like the NFL has upset racist America again.

I thought they stopped watching the NFL when Kapernick did his protests.

 

We can read people's posts, listen to what they say.

The white supremacists reveal themselves. As this thread has done so already. In just a handful of posts.

 

I think the same one the White NATIONAL anthem represents.