Posted on 02/15/2021 1:23:00 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when she referred to President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist,” has called for an end to the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events, arguing that it has become a “weaponized” patriotic symbol.
In another article for The Atlantic, Hill lamented the NBA’s recent decision to enforce its policy on the National Anthem, reversing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s decision to forgo having the anthem played ahead of games.
Playing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events has become an empty gesture of patriotism—so empty that, when the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks quietly began skipping the ritual, 13 preseason and regular-season games passed before anyone noticed.
“The Mavericks should have held their ground, because playing the anthem shouldn’t be a pregame ritual in American sports,” she wrote. “Not during a time when many people—including many athletes of color—are deeply uncomfortable with how patriotic symbols have been weaponized to undermine and diminish the humanity of Black and brown Americans.”
“Instead of forcing Cuban’s team to back down, the NBA as a whole should revisit its anthem rule. Other leagues should do the same. The ritual enforces a rote, narrow idea of patriotism—one that pro sports should be working to change, not uphold,” she continued.
Hill then recounted some of the national anthem’s checkered history, including the fact that its creator, Francis Scott Key, was a slave owner who once said that black Americans are “a distinct and inferior race of people, which all experience proves to be the greatest evil that afflicts a community.” Though the national anthem has long been a rallying cry for patriotism, especially during the Civil War, Hill argued its presence at sporting events was largely a machination of America’s Military-Industrial-Complex.
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First Amendment Rights for her but not for thee.
Divide and conquer via tribalism. It works as all Marxist and Commies know.
she suffers from abw syndrome.
“...its presence at sporting events was largely a machination of America’s Military-Industrial-Complex.”
Embrace the suck, Hill. Trump’s not part of that. Your boy, Plugs, is.
This womyn has to be a kindergarten dropout to be that ignorant.
A Woke progressives is someone who needs to be offended and is also entertaining to offend.
If one tells you that you’ve just offended them tell them “you’re welcome, it was my pleasure!” with a big friendly smile on your face.
Still LMAO when I think of how many life preservers ESPN tied around this afro-centrist racist who couldn’t find an audience no matter how much money & time they threw at her.
Then sing the Wet Back version?
Jose can you see
Any bed bugs on me..........
Move to Tehran.
We must educate our children to know truth. I wonder how many of these people are ignorant to our early American history, and how many of our early leaders were against slavery. We need to speak out against lies.
Like taking a knee and raising a fist?
Well, let’s see: Pink hats, black costumes from head to toe, kneeling at sporting events, threats to kill the President, etc. (add on to the list)
Our voices are blocked, so now they will block our symbols.
Popular among those unwilling to accept responsibility.
Note to Hill: Sweetie, given the way pro sports are circling the bowl, I don’t think you’ll be worrying about it for long.
George Washington shunned ceremony and pomp and being put on a pedestal. Humility is what made him so worthy of leadership. God is Great. Man is not.
This imbecile is insufferable. She is like an M. Night Shyamalan character; She see RACISM EVERYWHERE!
I’ve been studying early American history, reading, our leaders are so weak compared to these men. They literally gave themselves away for the common good at great cost. Our leaders today mostly benefit from their service.
Well, I demand that Jemele just STFU.
We are Americans. Our flag in our country should be honored.
I read once that the American flags were removed from an elementary school because foreign born students “felt uncomfortable seeing it in the classroom.”
So if I don’t like to see the Somalian, Pakistani or Iranian flags I don’t go there. If I did I would understand that they didn’t have Easter egg hunts or Christmas cards and cookies there. I wouldn’t sue them.
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