Some folks will never be happy

[bj229r]

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As Denver dignitaries gathered Tuesday for Mayor John Hickenlooper's State of the City address, City Council President Michael Hancock introduced singer Rene Marie to perform the national anthem.

But that's not what she did.

Instead, Marie performed the song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," which also is known as the "black national anthem."

When she finished, the proceedings moved forward, and the "Star-Spangled Banner" was never performed.

In a thousand years, I'll still be hearing about this 'racist' country (Well...assuming incredible medical advances show up in the next few decades ) Else, my descendants

[AKIron]

Why shouldn't everyone have their very own national anthem? We in the US are many competing nations afterall. Competing for those government manufactured tax dollars I mean. 

[Fulmar]

http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8847.php
Bridge Over the Racial Divide

Read it in college for a Poli Sci course.  We read several books over the semester stemming from different ideologies in "multi-culturalism."  By far the best book.  The basic principal behind the book...stop dividing each other and celebrating our differences (i.e. cultural parades/days/pride etc etc) and view ourselves as one race.

[CAP1]

link In a thousand years, I'll still be hearing about this 'racist' country (Well...assuming incredible medical advances show up in the next few decades ) Else, my descendants

can you imagine the furor if there was a white national anthem?

[bsdaddict]

can you imagine the furor if there was a white national anthem?

or a White History Month?

[Jappa52]

or a White History Month?

What if that woman sang 'Dixie' instead... what kind of reaction would we be seeing?

[AAolds]

Or why not just get the CDB to perform "Longhaired Country Boy"

[Cthulhu]

http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8847.php
Bridge Over the Racial Divide

Read it in college for a Poli Sci course.  We read several books over the semester stemming from different ideologies in "multi-culturalism."  By far the best book.  The basic principal behind the book...stop dividing each other and celebrating our differences (i.e. cultural parades/days/pride etc etc) and view ourselves as one race.

This is essentially what I was taught in the 70's. Stop seeing differences and just see character. This, of course, changed as soon as it became an acceptable notion with the public. The "victims" in today's society don't want resolution, that would put an end to their "victim status", along with it's associated perks and excuses. Instead they desperately need "issues". This is why the rules are constantly rewritten. Twenty years from now, referring to someone as a "whatever"-American will be considered an insult, and will have been replaced by something even more "PC". And we'll be no better off than we are now, or 30 years ago for that matter.

[texasmom]

what the heck? what an idiot

What if that woman sang 'Dixie' instead... what kind of reaction would we be seeing?

If she'd sang Dixie instead, she would have been just as big of an idiot.

[Jappa52]

what the heck? what an idiot
If she'd sang Dixie instead, she would have been just as big of an idiot.

I agree but do you think the media coverage would have been different?

[texasmom]

I agree but do you think the media coverage would have been different?

Of course it would... she would have then been painted as a trailer trash hillbilly.  The media has a talent for taking anything, twisting it into the worst possible scenario & running full sprint with it.  Doesn't mean it will be the same 'worst possible' for one as it is for another.