Posted on 07/03/2021 9:37:32 AM PDT by McGruff
American actress and vocalist Vanessa Williams will be performing the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” widely known as the Black National Anthem, while hosting PBS’ 41st annual “A Capitol Fourth” celebration airing Sunday.
Williams in an interview with The Associated Press published Friday said that she will be singing the anthem as a way to promote Juneteenth during the show, which has been pre-recorded due to the pandemic but will have a live fireworks presentation.
“It’s in celebration of the wonderful opportunity that we now have to celebrate Juneteenth. So we are reflective of the times,” she said,
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Neosegregationists
Millioniares crying how unfair life has been to them
Williams in an interview with The Associated Press published Friday said that she will be singing the anthem as a way to promote Juneteenth
“Widely known”
As in only the past year of riots and civil unrest. What a load of crap!
Just sick!
‘Millioniares crying how unfair life has been to them’
Lotta them are white-self loathing.
She can go to whatever country she thinks that song belongs to, but it isn’t America.
The only thing to celebrate on Juneteenth is the execution of the Rosenbergs for treason.
I’ll be frying a couple of burgers every Juneteenth to celebrate.
Lift Every Voice and Sing is a Christian song.
It talks about faith, the white gleam of our bright star, staying true to God and to our native land.
It’d never make it past the leftist censors if it were written today.
“promoting Juneteenth” — At our NATIONAL DAY of celebrating our INDEPENDENCE? That is just SO WRONG.
The “black ‘national anthem’” — That is EVEN MORE WRONG.
Obama sure poured a tanker truck full of gasoline on race relations and lit it.
OK. On the 4th of July, Independence Day, she will sing the black national anthem to promote juneteenff.
They hate the USA and don’t care if everyone knows it.
Tell her that Juneteenth did not mark the end of slavery in the United States. Tell her to ask Joe Biden why Deleware kept their slaves after Juneteenth. Tell her to ask the indigenous peoples why they held their slaves years after Juneteenth.
Can’t touch this by MC Hammer?
Al Franken is bitter that he never got billions for his own hustler shakedown attempts. He took the corporate checks and moved onto other companies to target.
Anything to promote racial hatred. That is all this crappola is about. And, anyone promoting this is a racist.
Black nation anthem.... Geez why don’t these people just go establish their own country somewhere. They could call it Liberia or something like that. They do seem to want to self-segregate. Disappointed in Vanessa Williams... have loved her since her display in Penthouse back in the day.
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