Thread: 'Black National Anthem' Overshadows Mayor's Speech

This is so much bs I can't even begin to explain!!!!!!!

No warning nothing just disrespect!!!!!!!!!!!

Please comment on the website too. This country is going upside down!!!!

DENVER (MyFOXColorado.com) - Some were simply confused. Others, immediately offended.


A local jazz performer caused a stir at Denver mayor John Hickenlooper's State of the State address Tuesday by replacing the lyrics of the National Anthem with those of the so-called Black National Anthem.

The city asked Rene Marie, an African-American, to sing the Star Spangled Banner before Tuesday’s speech.

However, unbeknownst to all but a handful of people in the crowd -not including the mayor- she replaced the lyrics of the traditional National Anthem with "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson: a song commonly referred to as the "Black National Anthem" by those familiar with it.

"If anyone has a right to be angry it is probably me,â€

Ya don't re-write a song like this. Is nothing sacred? Don't see how you expect anyone to be anything but offended by this move.

oh yeah here is the video

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/MyFo ... cale=EN-US

Why is there a black national anthem? How can we be equal if some people want to make separations? It's okay for her to be a racist? The message many immigrants are getting is that the blacks get attention by separating themselves from whites and/or other Americans therefore they can be separate and get attention. This is a very poor example and undermines what America is.