Voters cast their ballots in the State presidential election on Monday, but an odd thing happened in the Michigan Senate, where two national anthems, one for blacks and one for whites, were played before the vote.
Before the Michigan Electoral College vote, in the State Senate chamber, Lt. Gov. Garland Gilchrist kicked off the voting process by pledging allegiance to the United States and playing the National anthem.
Before the national anthem was played, Gilchrist announced: Please continue to stand for the national anthem and the “Black National Anthem.” As well as “The Star-Spangled Banner”, it was accompanied by a video of The sisters performing “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, which has been dubbed The “black anthem”.
According to wikipedia, the “black national anthem” was originally by the United States “, the national association for the advancement of colored people (NAACP) leader James Johnson (James Weldon Johnson) in 1900, the creation of a poem, and then by his brother John (John Rosamond Johnson), in 1905, dedicated to remembering President Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln) birthday for the first time singing in public. The NAACP later made this song its official song.
Although the song is called the “Black National anthem,” the Fact that the Michigan Senate played it as a separate and equal national anthem to “The Stars and Stripes” seems to reveal the obvious divisions in the United States today.
In fact, the national anthem is not divided along racial lines. There is no precedent for people of one color singing one national anthem and people of another color singing another. American citizens represent dozens of races and ethnicities, but there is only one national anthem.
In the wake of this summer’s riots, the “black national anthem” was regularly played at football games as sports leagues promised to do more about “racial justice” in the US.
In July, the National Football League (NFL) decided to play and Sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before the national anthem at all games during the first week of the season. The decision was not universally supported, with NBA Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry saying on social media: “Can someone please explain to me what the solution to this problem is?”
Curry sees the NFL’s approach as posturing, and he doesn’t support it.
As far-left rioters target the destruction of Historic monuments and statues in the United States, some who claim to support racial justice say it may be time to replace the “Stars and Stripes” and even suggest “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as a potential alternative to the American national anthem.
Recent Comments