"Black national anthem' stirs controversy for city"
Why start this kind of uproar?
This is what I am talking about. If you are picked to sing the national anthem, then sing the national anthem. Don't insert your own agenda into the proceedings.
If this had been a "White national anthem" sung by a white lady, Al Sharpton would have been on TV, Jesse Jackson would have thrown his hat into the foray and all hell would have broken loose.
People cry about racism and discrimination but the same groups that make the most noise always separate themselves with antics like this and feed the fire. The more we separate ourselves the less chance we have of overcoming racism. It's heartbreaking actually and infuriating at the same time...
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Good call. If something in your personal philosophy impedes you from singing the piece you were asked to sing at the event, then bow out gracefully.
It seems like a gesture almost calculated to be as broadly misinterpreted as possible.
True. It always amazes me that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson keep their traps shut when something happens like this on "their side", as Sharpton would put it. Why not make a stink that she was being confrontational against the white folks? That would actually give them some credibility...possibly...
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