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| 'Black national anthem' makes its debut at the NFL |
| 2021-09-11 |
| [BBC] The Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off professional American football's first game of the season. But before they did, fans heard something a little different. It started as a song to celebrate the president who emancipated America's slaves. Its writer thought little about it afterwards, but it took on a life of its own. Now "Lift Every Voice and Sing" - a ballad widely known today as the US black national anthem - has been played at the opening game of the National Football League's (NFL) 2021 season. The song was played after a year of racial tumult that touched almost every corner of American society, including professional sports. Male professional leagues are dominated by young black men, and in an effort to show more solidarity with players, the NFL said it would play "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the beginning of games this season. It's the first time the song that has meant so much to so many will regularly open American professional sports games. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 #12 - Except when there is a "quarterback controversey," or your name is "Marvin Lewis." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-09-11 13:09 |
| #13 I doubt 90% of blacks could identify the song |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-09-11 12:16 |
| #12 Look at it this way: The NFL is one of the few organizations left where people succeed or fail based solely on their merits and performance. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-09-11 12:11 |
| #11 Just another reason to not watch my favorite quarterback |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2021-09-11 11:51 |
| #10 Meh. Last time I watched the NFL the Bengals were in the Super Bowl. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-09-11 11:40 |
| #9 Haven't watched NFL in 4 years. Just when I almost miss it, this crap happens and I'm reminded. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2021-09-11 10:43 |
| #8 I quit watching years ago. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2021-09-11 08:05 |
| #7 As if we needed any additional reason to totally dismiss these morons and their woke sponsors. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-09-11 08:02 |
| #6 Time to kneel. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-09-11 06:20 |
| #5 We are the UNITED States so act like it. In simple polite words, the NFL has gone Racist. But to explain my true feelings I'll paraphrase the words of Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900. F%$K the NFL. An add and "Any advertisers of any NFL game playing this race pandering tune. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-09-11 05:59 |
| #4 NFL is the Negro Football League, right? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-09-11 01:47 |
| #3 In honor of our first Representative of Somalia Ilhan Omar... (It kinds grows on you...after a while.) |
| Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-09-11 00:55 |
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| Posted by: Guillibaldo Dark Lord of the Balckies1818 2021-09-11 00:41 |
| #1 ¡Esto está tan mal! ¡Un español descubrió América! |
| Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-09-11 00:26 |