The NBA sold out to the CCP ages ago. Ditto for NHL. What, you suspend your critical survival instincts to watch and support these outlets just so you can wear a jersey and drink beer on the couch? Geesh. GTFUp!
https://poets.org/poem/lift-every-voice-and-sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing
James Weldon Johnson - 1871-1938
Lift every voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast’ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
I didn’t see it and if they play it at any game I attend, I’ll take a knee.
I no longer watch the NFL, or MLB. I never watched much NBA anyway. And after many decades of watching UK basketball, I don’t watch them anymore either after Calipari took a knee during the National Anthem some time back.
People gripe too much. Really it was in a block of “America” type songs along with Ragged old Flag and America the Beautiful, nobody introduced as any kind of anthem. Really the only people who made a big deal about it are the folks complaining. It’s a pretty song, deal.
What dumb ass allowed this stupid shit to happen? Name or names!
Let’s work on division and destruction of a country. Yah... That’s a genius choice.
Who are the morons involved approving, doing and pulling off this crap.
Actual names and positions with what companies.
Well between that and the GINORMOUS EV push and the no talent half time (anyone know what that was?) the game itself was not bad. Lucky for everyone the NFL apparently plans to expand it’s ‘dei’ 🐎💩 even more. Could some one remind them that a certain group is over represented in the nfl? Like 58%-42%. Approx.....
I wasn’t watching. I refused to have my TV showing a racist song that fosters the idea that one group of people is responsible for another group’s massive failures.
Lift Every Voice and Sing is a lovely Christian song.
Getting triggered by something like this is what we mock the Libs for.
How did fans react to the pregnant lady doing a half-assed strip club routine at half-time?
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” “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” for the first time in the Super Bowl’s long history. “
It wasn’t the first time, this is the third year that it has been played.
I can’t speak for anybody else but as far as I am concerned, the FNFL is DEAD to me. I have had enough of their cheap shit.
Maybe next time they decide to play this they should at least burn a few cop cars on the field while it’s being played
I googled to find out WHO or WHAT that was that appeared in the red whatever BEFORE the game. Should have copied the link as it said the song she sang was 123 years old????? Can’t find it now...my antivirus program gave me an alert on it so probably blocked it...I found out WHO/WHAT it was but I’m not sure where IT came from. That’s TALENT?
“Racism: The belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.”
After over a century and a half of desegregation, the left’s preoccupation with race, gender and sexual orientation has created pockets of citizens earmarked by the government and woke corporations for special treatment based on their race gender and sexual orientation. They have managed to resegregate the population accordingly. So, who are the real racists?
Did not watch, but why would a song called “Lift Every Voice and Sing” be called the “Black” National Anthem”...when it says “every” voice?
This is Black History month. It chronciles the progression of a sterling, pristine, noble culture that has conquered and flourished, as it were, despite the opposition and hostility of a culture that is dark, evil, and needs to be cancelled and removed. Maybe that is why the NFL added two more games, so the Super Bowl would occur smack in the middle of the celebration of a culture that is superior to all others and highlights the sordid culture it seeks to displace.
I love reading through the threads about the NFL. They are mostly filled with self righteousness—stating how long it’s been since they’ve watched a game. And then they proceed to tell you how this particular thing is wrong.
It is hilarious and sad at the same time.
My only beef is that they played all of the stanzas of the hymn, but only the first the the Star Spangled Banner.
In the end, it’s not a horrible song. It’s not in place of the national anthem. It makes people happy.
If you are bothered by it, change the channel and come back later. Or not.
The NFL is going to do what makes their fans and players happy. Honestly, if you aren’t watching—they don’t care about you.
Checked in for 5 seconds of early pre-game show to see rappers doing the same rap as ever.
Checked in for 5 seconds to see the coin toss interrupted by the NFL digging up the body of Pat Tillman yet again, to cover themselves in his glory and divert attention from their debasement of the sport and the Nation.
Checked in for 5 seconds at halftime to see Rihanna floating in mid-air.
Checked in for 5 seconds at the beginning of the 4th quarter to see the Chiefs score a TD.
That’s my Superbowl 666 experience, and the most attention I’ve given the NFL all season. Fuggem.