“The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pre-game ceremony. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. When talking about his decision and the backlash he received he said to NFL Media “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.
The spark about the national anthem was started in 2016 when San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled during “Star-Spangled Banner” as the beginning of one of his games to protest a rash of unresolved or unsolved police-involved shootings of Black people.
#boycottNFL NFL To Replace ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ With ‘Black National Anthem,’ Feature BLM Felons On Player Helmets And Jerseys” “These geniuses just guaranteed that they will be out of business in two years. Still, the league is receiving mixed reactions to their decision and people are using propaganda to make people upset about the inclusion (not replacement) of the song. With Jay-Z and Roc Nation at the table with their “Inspire Change” initiative and the football league’s dedication of $250 million over the next ten years to fight social injustice, this is only one of their moves to make up for the massive faux pas with penalizing Colin Kaepernick for his stance against police-involved violence.Īccording to an NFL representative shared that the league is locking down the season and wanted to be aggressively inclusive to the African-American audience. Over the last couple of years, the NFL has drastically shifted its position on what should be sung or played at their games. While a video played of Black American history, culture, beauty, and triumphant. Players from the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers connecting side-by-side as an expression of American unity.ĭramatically, actor Anthony Mackie narrated history regarding the composition of the song at the beginning. During Super Bowl 55 in February, the NFL permitted the song to be performed before the game, by Alicia Key. The Star Spangled Banner, the official national anthem of the United States. It does not store any personal data.The National Football League has announced that it will now include “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the start of its games. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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