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brush

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6. I don't like singling/SEPARATING out one ethnic group over all the others.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 13, 2024, 08:19 PM

Feb 2024

Last edited Tue Feb 13, 2024, 09:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Include other ethnic group anthems (if there are such things. Where will that end, at every occasion the Nat'l Anthem is now played? That can get kinda ridiculous), or just leave it as is.

Bet if the Black players are polled, most don't care, they just want to play the game.

And incidentally, I'm not crazy about "The Star Spangled Banner" either as it has a few racist passages in it's later verses...the ones not sung at big evens.

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Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing - At the Super Bowl. Yea or Nay? [View all] qwlauren35 Feb 2024 OP

Why not? It isn't offensive, its a good song. People like it. Srkdqltr Feb 2024 #1

Beautiful singing is its own reward. viva la Feb 2024 #2

If we also included the Latino-American nat'l anthem, the Asian-American nat'l anthem... brush Feb 2024 #3

56% of NFL players are African-American. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #4

I don't like singling/SEPARATING out one ethnic group over all the others. brush Feb 2024 #6

Some of the things you mentioned were included in the zillion-hour pre-game. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #5

You caught me. qwlauren35 Feb 2024 #7