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California NAACP Wants To Remove ‘Racist’ Star-Spangled Banner
dailycaller.com ^ | Justin Caruso

Posted on 11/09/2017 4:50:59 AM PST by RoosterRedux

The California NAACP is coming after a new symbol of American heritage for its “racism.”

The Star-Spangled Banner.

According to SFGate.com, the national anthem is a “racist song” and the NAACP wants to push state lawmakers to change it.

Alice Huffman, the president of the California chapter of the NAACP, said the song is “racist” and that it “doesn’t represent our community. It’s anti-black people.”

The cites the song’s third verse, which is usually not sang, as evidence of its racist overtones. The third verse includes a line that says, “no refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: starspangledbanner
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1 posted on 11/09/2017 4:50:59 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

This is a prime example of how the NAACP cannot be taught.


2 posted on 11/09/2017 4:52:02 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: RoosterRedux

“It’s anti-black people.”

Prove it.


3 posted on 11/09/2017 4:53:43 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: RoosterRedux

The National Association for the Advancement of Communistic Principles strikes again.


4 posted on 11/09/2017 4:54:26 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: V_TWIN

hangin’ their ha on one word slave


5 posted on 11/09/2017 4:54:31 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: RoosterRedux

“which is usually not SUNG”
The Daily Caller writer must be an “English as a second language” hire.


6 posted on 11/09/2017 4:55:01 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: RoosterRedux

Isn’t that the flag that freed the slaves and that has liberated millions around the world?


7 posted on 11/09/2017 4:55:04 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: RoosterRedux

Daniel Greenfield answers that one:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/268370/fact-check-no-star-spangled-banner-isnt-about-daniel-greenfield


8 posted on 11/09/2017 4:55:48 AM PST by CondorFlight
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To: RoosterRedux

The British used mercenaries (hirelings) and escaped slaves in their ranks. They were the enemy. Key wished them harm. Duh.


9 posted on 11/09/2017 4:56:39 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: RoosterRedux

Democrats repealed the laws (in the 21st century) against Communists and seditionists teaching the schools and this is what you get.


10 posted on 11/09/2017 4:57:25 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: RoosterRedux
When there aren't enough problems, let's invent some.

11 posted on 11/09/2017 4:58:45 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: RoosterRedux

As the instapundit.com guy says, a nice unexpected result of Trump’s election is that we are now regularly seeing the craziest people and tribes in our country deliberately proclaiming their insanity.


12 posted on 11/09/2017 4:58:58 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: RoosterRedux

When the government took over education their sole purpose was to dumb down the populace and re educate them in lies, this worked. Enter in these support groups to guide them encourage them and support them and we have a revolution


13 posted on 11/09/2017 4:59:15 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: RoosterRedux

When whining Black liberals come on the TV I simply change the channel. I have shut these morons out of my life.


14 posted on 11/09/2017 4:59:21 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: RoosterRedux

You didn’t think they’d stop with the Confederate Flag did you?


15 posted on 11/09/2017 5:00:10 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: txrefugee

How many people knew the SSB has more than one stanza?


16 posted on 11/09/2017 5:02:50 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: RoosterRedux

Have they read the Pauline Epistles? Lots of slave talk in there.


17 posted on 11/09/2017 5:03:24 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Slaves were akin to a king’s subjects, not slaves bought and brought from Africa and working in a field. Miseducation.

We were avoiding the tyranny of English and French, hence the context.


18 posted on 11/09/2017 5:03:58 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Extraordinary acts of God often start with ordinary acts of obedience. P. Yefros)
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To: RoosterRedux

Ignorance on Parade!


19 posted on 11/09/2017 5:04:05 AM PST by CaptainKip
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To: rjsimmon

The NAACP needs a scholarship from the United Negro College Fund because A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste. Based on this article they have lost their minds.


20 posted on 11/09/2017 5:05:52 AM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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