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		By: Bronko Nation		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bronko Nation]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 03:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thyblackman.com/2024/01/25/the-controversy-surrounding-the-black-national-anthem-at-the-super-bowl-unity-diversity-and-divisiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-541712&quot;&gt;Peter B.&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks, Peter!
It&#039;s good to know that some people agree.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thyblackman.com/2024/01/25/the-controversy-surrounding-the-black-national-anthem-at-the-super-bowl-unity-diversity-and-divisiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-541712">Peter B.</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks, Peter!<br />
It&#8217;s good to know that some people agree.</p>
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		By: Terry Shaw		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry Shaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 06:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that some people find reasons to complain about nearly everything. I&#039;m curious, how many can actually recite the national anthem? The exaggerated outrage really needs to end. It&#039;s clear that the NFL is striving for inclusivity, as evidenced by the diverse makeup of the teams, with many players being Black. Ultimately, watching the Super Bowl or football is a choice, and no one is being forced to tune in.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems that some people find reasons to complain about nearly everything. I&#8217;m curious, how many can actually recite the national anthem? The exaggerated outrage really needs to end. It&#8217;s clear that the NFL is striving for inclusivity, as evidenced by the diverse makeup of the teams, with many players being Black. Ultimately, watching the Super Bowl or football is a choice, and no one is being forced to tune in.</p>
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		By: Eugenio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eugenio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 05:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here we go again with sellouts and house negro brothers and sisters always trying to give and or include other races and communities into things that are owned and created by proud black people for our black community. The Black National Anthem is a symbol of the black communities rights and struggles endure at the hands of racist America and now individuals like uncle tom Larry Elders wants to give the little we have to other communities knowing for a fact that they are taking everything already from out black Christian children.

America will never be friend of black people. America sends billions of dollars to ukraine and Israel while hundredss of thosands of black americans are homeles, hungry, unemployed, starving, etc. America understands that crime in black America has a direct co-relation with poverty, unemployment, lack of education and fatherless homes; Yet, the Democratic government have done nothing that is specific and tangible for the empowerment and betterment of the African American community. Yet, they give every other community and race what ever they asked for and what ever they did not asked for; while leaving black America to die with nothing.

so to hell with unity and diversity with Racist America and lets keep our black National Anthem for our elsves.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we go again with sellouts and house negro brothers and sisters always trying to give and or include other races and communities into things that are owned and created by proud black people for our black community. The Black National Anthem is a symbol of the black communities rights and struggles endure at the hands of racist America and now individuals like uncle tom Larry Elders wants to give the little we have to other communities knowing for a fact that they are taking everything already from out black Christian children.</p>
<p>America will never be friend of black people. America sends billions of dollars to ukraine and Israel while hundredss of thosands of black americans are homeles, hungry, unemployed, starving, etc. America understands that crime in black America has a direct co-relation with poverty, unemployment, lack of education and fatherless homes; Yet, the Democratic government have done nothing that is specific and tangible for the empowerment and betterment of the African American community. Yet, they give every other community and race what ever they asked for and what ever they did not asked for; while leaving black America to die with nothing.</p>
<p>so to hell with unity and diversity with Racist America and lets keep our black National Anthem for our elsves.</p>
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		By: Dennis Medina		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis Medina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a silly and demeaning column. Why do you devalue and distort the meaning of a beautiful song? It is you who is being &quot;divisive&quot; by pitting two &quot;anthems&quot; against each other. So what if the NFL want to play, &quot;Lift Every Voice..&quot; at the Superbowl. It&#039;s presence does not disparage the national anthem in any way. If you want to continue to support a &quot;national&quot; anthem set to the tune of an old British drinking song, over an inspiring &quot;anthem&quot; written by an American set and to a tune also written by an American, then go right ahead. In the meantime, I will be tearing up with pride  when I hear &quot;Lift Every Voice.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a silly and demeaning column. Why do you devalue and distort the meaning of a beautiful song? It is you who is being &#8220;divisive&#8221; by pitting two &#8220;anthems&#8221; against each other. So what if the NFL want to play, &#8220;Lift Every Voice..&#8221; at the Superbowl. It&#8217;s presence does not disparage the national anthem in any way. If you want to continue to support a &#8220;national&#8221; anthem set to the tune of an old British drinking song, over an inspiring &#8220;anthem&#8221; written by an American set and to a tune also written by an American, then go right ahead. In the meantime, I will be tearing up with pride  when I hear &#8220;Lift Every Voice.&#8221;</p>
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		By: Pelvo White, Jr.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pelvo White, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Using this song at this venue is definitely apropos.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Using this song at this venue is definitely apropos.</p>
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		By: Bronko Nation		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bronko Nation]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://thyblackman.com/2024/01/25/the-controversy-surrounding-the-black-national-anthem-at-the-super-bowl-unity-diversity-and-divisiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-541714&quot;&gt;Latasha Jacobs&lt;/a&gt;.

Latasha, please explain exactly how the National Anthem is NOT inclusive?? 
The National Anthem represents EVERY American citizen.
The National Anthem DOES NOT exclude any legal citizen.

This is why people are opposed to the Black National Anthem being played. 
Since blacks ARE included in the National Anthem, it IS divisive to play the Black National Anthem officially.

Do NOT accuse me of saying blacks don&#039;t have the right to have that song and declare it as their own national anthem. I&#039;m not saying that. The black community has the right to do whatever they want, for themselves, with that song.  
But playing it officially? At a huge national event? No. The ONLY anthem that should be officially played is THE National Anthem. 

Do you think that at the Super Bowl there should also be a Hispanic National Anthem? An Asian National Anthem? A Jewish National Anthem? An Islamic National Anthem? An LGBT National Anthem??
Do you see how that DIVIDES people instead of uniting us?

Why can&#039;t blacks simply join the rest of the country and celebrate America together as one people?
What is so awful about that?

Oh, yes, I know America has a history of slavery. BUT neither white Europeans nor white Americans invented slavery. We did end it within our borders, though. Slavery has been part of human history since the very beginning. 
Did you know that North Africans captured and enslaved white Europeans and Americans for hundreds of years? 
That is a historical FACT. I am NOT making that up. 
Do a search for &quot;Barbary Slave Trade&quot; and you will find out the facts. Our leftist-dominated education system has INTENTIONALLY ignored this part of history. Why?? It&#039;s because the left wants everyone to believe that ONLY white people are evil enough to use slavery. 
And that belief that one race is morally inferior to another - isn&#039;t that racism??
Anyway, because the left doesn&#039;t want anyone to know about the Barbary Slave trade - that&#039;s why you&#039;ve never heard of it. 
It&#039;s probably a fact that EVERY race on Earth has been a victim of slavery, and EVERY race on Earth has been a perpetrator of slavery. 
And NO, I am not using these facts as an excuse for American slavery against Africans.  What I&#039;m saying is, ALL slavery is wrong, no matter who does it against whom, and it has always been very wrong since the beginning. 
American slavery against Africans was an atrocity. But it was NOT a unique atrocity in the history of the world. Slavery still exists in some places around the world today! All nations are guilty of some kind of atrocity.
This is called HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Context means ALL of history must be taken into account instead of singling out certain countries and certain races for all the blame for slavery.
If we start demanding reparations for every atrocity in history, it will literally never end! Should people of North African Descent be forced to pay reparations for the Barbary Slave Trade to white people? I don&#039;t think so. I&#039;m opposed to ALL reparations.
Those are the facts about slavery.

Anyway -
The National Anthem represents everything that is good about America, and that is a LOT of things. 
WHY should we split into groups, with each group demanding to have its own anthem officially played?
All of this is why people are opposed to officially playing the Black National Anthem at the Super Bowl or any big national event like that.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thyblackman.com/2024/01/25/the-controversy-surrounding-the-black-national-anthem-at-the-super-bowl-unity-diversity-and-divisiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-541714">Latasha Jacobs</a>.</p>
<p>Latasha, please explain exactly how the National Anthem is NOT inclusive??<br />
The National Anthem represents EVERY American citizen.<br />
The National Anthem DOES NOT exclude any legal citizen.</p>
<p>This is why people are opposed to the Black National Anthem being played.<br />
Since blacks ARE included in the National Anthem, it IS divisive to play the Black National Anthem officially.</p>
<p>Do NOT accuse me of saying blacks don&#8217;t have the right to have that song and declare it as their own national anthem. I&#8217;m not saying that. The black community has the right to do whatever they want, for themselves, with that song.<br />
But playing it officially? At a huge national event? No. The ONLY anthem that should be officially played is THE National Anthem. </p>
<p>Do you think that at the Super Bowl there should also be a Hispanic National Anthem? An Asian National Anthem? A Jewish National Anthem? An Islamic National Anthem? An LGBT National Anthem??<br />
Do you see how that DIVIDES people instead of uniting us?</p>
<p>Why can&#8217;t blacks simply join the rest of the country and celebrate America together as one people?<br />
What is so awful about that?</p>
<p>Oh, yes, I know America has a history of slavery. BUT neither white Europeans nor white Americans invented slavery. We did end it within our borders, though. Slavery has been part of human history since the very beginning.<br />
Did you know that North Africans captured and enslaved white Europeans and Americans for hundreds of years?<br />
That is a historical FACT. I am NOT making that up.<br />
Do a search for &#8220;Barbary Slave Trade&#8221; and you will find out the facts. Our leftist-dominated education system has INTENTIONALLY ignored this part of history. Why?? It&#8217;s because the left wants everyone to believe that ONLY white people are evil enough to use slavery.<br />
And that belief that one race is morally inferior to another &#8211; isn&#8217;t that racism??<br />
Anyway, because the left doesn&#8217;t want anyone to know about the Barbary Slave trade &#8211; that&#8217;s why you&#8217;ve never heard of it.<br />
It&#8217;s probably a fact that EVERY race on Earth has been a victim of slavery, and EVERY race on Earth has been a perpetrator of slavery.<br />
And NO, I am not using these facts as an excuse for American slavery against Africans.  What I&#8217;m saying is, ALL slavery is wrong, no matter who does it against whom, and it has always been very wrong since the beginning.<br />
American slavery against Africans was an atrocity. But it was NOT a unique atrocity in the history of the world. Slavery still exists in some places around the world today! All nations are guilty of some kind of atrocity.<br />
This is called HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Context means ALL of history must be taken into account instead of singling out certain countries and certain races for all the blame for slavery.<br />
If we start demanding reparations for every atrocity in history, it will literally never end! Should people of North African Descent be forced to pay reparations for the Barbary Slave Trade to white people? I don&#8217;t think so. I&#8217;m opposed to ALL reparations.<br />
Those are the facts about slavery.</p>
<p>Anyway &#8211;<br />
The National Anthem represents everything that is good about America, and that is a LOT of things.<br />
WHY should we split into groups, with each group demanding to have its own anthem officially played?<br />
All of this is why people are opposed to officially playing the Black National Anthem at the Super Bowl or any big national event like that.</p>
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		By: Latasha Jacobs		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Latasha Jacobs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 06:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a reader&#039;s perspective, the decision to play the Black National Anthem at NFL games for the fourth consecutive year is both noteworthy and commendable. It is perplexing, however, to consider why some Americans and football enthusiasts might take issue with this inclusive gesture. Such expressions of cultural diversity are, in essence, what contribute to the greatness of the United States, celebrating and acknowledging the rich tapestry of races that form its populace.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From a reader&#8217;s perspective, the decision to play the Black National Anthem at NFL games for the fourth consecutive year is both noteworthy and commendable. It is perplexing, however, to consider why some Americans and football enthusiasts might take issue with this inclusive gesture. Such expressions of cultural diversity are, in essence, what contribute to the greatness of the United States, celebrating and acknowledging the rich tapestry of races that form its populace.</p>
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		By: Peter B.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter B.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 06:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I do agree with you, Brother Larry. Sports are supposed to unite us all, yet the NFL seems to continue to divide the nation. Like you beautifully stated, there is only one national anthem.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do agree with you, Brother Larry. Sports are supposed to unite us all, yet the NFL seems to continue to divide the nation. Like you beautifully stated, there is only one national anthem.</p>
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