Black nat’l anthem to be sung at Super Bowl LVIII: there is some social media blowback

The National Football League announced that it intends to have something called the Black national anthem played before the game because the country isn't divided enough. Sure, former President Barack Hussein Obama tried his best to do the job, and to his creds, he almost completed his mission. But nothing comes close to finishing the job as to have a separate national anthem for people with darker skin from White people.

Of course we also should have an LGBTQI+1 anthem for those fine folks. And why not an Hispanic national anthem what with all the folks coming here from Spanish speaking countries? Asians too should have their own anthem, it's only fair.

The Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" needs a new title. How about "Lift Every Black Voice and Sing?" or "Lift Every Voice Except You Know Whose and Sing." 

"Lift Every Voice and Sing," has been played at every Super Bowl since Super Bowl LV and has stirred controversy on social media every time. This year, the NFL said the song will be performed by Grammy-winning R&B singer Andra Day.

The NFL started to play the Black national anthem in the 2020 season following the death of a Black thug named George Floyd who was being arrested by Minneapolis police officers. The incident started a wave of actions against racial injustice across the U.S. even though it was found that the officer who was pinning Floyd to the ground used proper police procedure. 

"Bro, we're American. Why tf do we need Lift Every Voice and Sing?" one NFL fan wrote in response to ESPN’s Adam Schefter’s post on the NFL’s announcement.

Conservative radio host Larry Elder was among others who spoke out.

"Sigh… While they’re at it, how about the University of Michigan fight song?" he posted on X.

Others on social media wondered what would happen if Americans had a "White national anthem." But race hustler Nikole Hannah-Jones claimed the U.S. already had a "White national anthem," which is racist on its face.

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