I don't like this whole Black National Anthem thing... Why are we now choosing to separate again when we've been in a tough time here the past several years, to say, 'This is only our anthem, but y'all better stand up.' Get your a** up.' I think we're all Americans and it's our anthem.
I don't like this whole Black National Anthem thing... Dude, we're one big melting pot... I think we're all Americans and it's our anthem; and all the immigrants from across the world that have come here stand up for our anthem. They're all Americans.
Steele pointed out the fact that Watts didn't even know what it was at first, proving that it's new and they're shoving it down people's throats.
Though the song's inclusion in sports is recent, Lift Every Voice and Sing has been known in Black communities since at least 1900. The NAACP recognized it as the Negro National Anthem in 1917, and that term has since been changed to the Black National Anthem.
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