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    U.S. HIGH SCHOOL BANS 'RACIST' NATIONAL ANTHEM

    Rarely sung verse 'finds joy in the killing of African-Americans'



    California High (Photo: San Ramon Valley Unified School District)

    Student leaders at a California high school have banned America’s “outdated and racially offensive” national anthem from being played at school rallies.

    The Associated Student Body at California High School in San Ramon, in the San Francisco Bay Area, blacklisted “The Star-Spangled Banner” over a third verse that is rarely ever played.

    “It was brought to our attention that the national anthem’s third verse is outdated and racially offensive,” wrote Ariyana Kermanizadeh in an open letter. “We had nothing but good intentions by removing the song so that we could be fully inclusive to our student body.”

    The verse in questions includes the line “No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of the flight or the gloom of the grave.”

    Kermanizadeh wrote: “This verse translated, finds joy in the killing of African-Americans. To think that our nation’s anthem once had the word slave and ‘land of the free’ in the same sentence leaves me speechless.”

    Even though most schools never play that verse, and few Americans even know those lyrics, Kermanizadeh said that’s beside the point. The whole song is ruined by them.

    “We understand that this third verse is not included when the anthem is performed, but still, what does this tell us?” she asked.
    “[T]his song was written in 1814,” Kermanizadeh said. “This was written 204 years ago. Imagine all the traditions and laws that have changed … [and] so must our traditions.”

    But Amir Udler, a senior at the school, isn’t having it. Udler told the California, which was first to report the story, that the decision is disregarding the sentiments of most of the students at the school.

    “It comes from a very disrespectful place,” he said. “[The decision] is disenfranchising the majority of the school who loves the country.”

    Fox News opinion columnist Todd Starnes urges his listeners to contact the school board. He asked, “Where are the grown-ups in charge of this school?”

    “The Star Spangled Banner may have survivied the bombs bursting in air, but it may not be able to withstand the rampaging mob of politically incorrect inclusivists,” Starnes wrote.

    Dennis Florentinos, a senior at the school, said on Starnes’ radio show that there’s been “a lot of pushback on the removal of the anthem – and not just from conservatives.”

    He told ABC-7: “The importance of singing the national anthem to honor and respect those that have died and sacrificed their lives to protect the freedoms that us Americans take for granted every day is much more important than the ‘unifying’ issue.”

    The San Ramon Valley Unified School District told news organizations it is looking into the decision to ban the national anthem.

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    I was a cheerleader for 6 years starting in junior high school, and as such went to every game and pep rally there was in football and basketball. Not once did we sing the National Anthem or say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag at a game or a pep rally. We had a wonderful Jazz Band that played the most wonderful peppy upbeat music and it was wonderful.

    My point is there is absolutely nothing wrong with eliminating the national anthem from a pep rally. The national anthem is not a happy song, it's a sad song about war, death and tragedy. It honestly needs to be reserved for occasional serious and important events.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    I was a cheerleader for 6 years starting in junior high school, and as such went to every game and pep rally there was in football and basketball. Not once did we sing the National Anthem or say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag at a game or a pep rally. We had a wonderful Jazz Band that played the most wonderful peppy upbeat music and it was wonderful.

    My point is there is absolutely nothing wrong with eliminating the national anthem from a pep rally. The national anthem is not a happy song, it's a sad song about war, death and tragedy. It honestly needs to be reserved for occasional serious and important events.
    I don't know where you went to school at but every football game I played in during junior high and high school was proceeded by the National Anthem (Texarkana, TX.). Everyone, and I mean everyone, stood with hats removed, many with hand held over heart and proudly sang along. I assume our before game prayer would have also met with your disapproval?

    Additionally, had two sons play football here in N.C. through high school with one continuing in college. They too experienced the same thing I did. If you don't mind me asking, where did you go to school?

    After reading the title of this article (before reading story), I sort of expected it to be from California. I wasn't surprised.

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    It's not disapproval MW. It's whatever the school wants to do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    It's not disapproval MW. It's whatever the school wants to do.
    Yes, but is it what the majority of students and taxpaying parents want for the school?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MW View Post
    Yes, but is it what the majority of students and taxpaying parents want for the school?
    That's up to the people of that school district. There is no law that I'm aware of that requires schools to play the national anthem every time they have a gathering of some type.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    That's up to the people of that school district. There is no law that I'm aware of that requires schools to play the national anthem every time they have a gathering of some type.
    You're missing my point. My question, is this a case of the few deciding for the many? That's what it sound like to me.

    But Amir Udler, a senior at the school, isn’t having it. Udler told the California, which was first to report the story, that the decision is disregarding the sentiments of most of the students at the school.

    “It comes from a very disrespectful place,” he said. “[The decision] is disenfranchising the majority of the school who loves the country.”

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    Well, it's the Associated Student Body Council that decided to stop playing it at the rallies. These students are usually elected by the Student Body to represent them. To me, it's not "disrespectful" to anyone to stop playing the national anthem at these types of events. Like I said, the national anthem is a sad song, not exactly the right venue for a teen-age pep rally, sporting events and many other types of gatherings. But it's up to the people holding the event, at least it seems to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    Well, it's the Associated Student Body Council that decided to stop playing it at the rallies. These students are usually elected by the Student Body to represent them. To me, it's not "disrespectful" to anyone to stop playing the national anthem at these types of events. Like I said, the national anthem is a sad song, not exactly the right venue for a teen-age pep rally, sporting events and many other types of gatherings. But it's up to the people holding the event, at least it seems to me.
    There is nothing somber or sad about our National Anthem!

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