The âBlack National anthemâ â âLift Every Voice and Singâ â was played yet again during Super Bowl LVIII, as it has been before during the last few Super Bowls.
One big difference between this yearâs edition and years past, however?
This year, the âBlack National Anthemâ didnât get much applause.
In fact, the massive crowd in attendance at the biggest Football game of the year didnât react much at all.
After the singer, Andra Day, finished singing, the above clip panned to a shot of fans in the stands.
Some are applauding for sure. But they arenât very loud.
Many others arenât applauding at all.
Some are looking at their phones while others are looking on awkwardly in silence.
It certainly wasnât given the same applause as Reba McEntireâs rendition of the real National anthem. Thatâs for sure.
When is the NFL going to get wise? There is only one National anthem.
As imperfect as our nationâs history may be, the same can be said of any nation.
The U.S. has provided more people with more freedoms than any nation before it, ever.
By celebrating one National anthem, we acknowledge that we all are still one people who continue to strive to bring the American dream to each and every individual.
By creating a bunch of additional anthems for each one of our races (why not have an Asian or Hispanic anthem next?), we are only causing more division.
Now, believe it or not, the actual song âLift Every Voice and Singâ actually has some incredibly good, Christian-conservative values within it (read all about that here).
But thatâs beside the point.
We all know why this song is being played before football games â because politically-minded hacks and activists think the original National anthem represents racism.
Thatâs just plain wrong.
Itâs time for us to get back to having only one National anthem.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.