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The Black National Anthem, also widely known as “Lift Every Voice & Sing,” was performed expertly by Sheryl Lee Ralph ahead of Super Bowl LVII. Because Black people can’t have nice things, powerful conservative figures and others from the GOP side of the aisle complained on social media about the emotionally stirring moment.
The Black National Anthem was performed for the third year in a row ahead of the NFL’s biggest game on Feb. 12, with Ralph, a notable singer along as an award-winning actress, taking on the classic with ease. Shortly after her performance, Trump muppets and salty conservatives revved up the complaint train and accused the Super Bowl of wokeness, which we know is code for “it’s getting too Black in here.”
Ralph was rightly proud of her moment and shared the news via social media, which sparked the angry pitchfork mob to stir up some unnecessary mess and tried to take shots while using tired tropes of evoking the name of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
123 years ago today Lift Every Voice and Sing was performed publicly for the 1st time. Today I will sing it for the 1st time as part of the @SuperBowl pre game show in the stadium! pic.twitter.com/Mh805zQbX5
— sheryl lee ralph (@thesherylralph) February 12, 2023
One Twitter user, who won’t dignify with posting their username, had the nerve to write to Ralph, “No disrespect to anyone, but MLK didn’t call for a separate anthem, did he? He didn’t call for segregated dorms and black-only graduations, did he? He called for unity, as I recall. I prefer his “content of their character” prescription over divisive “separate but equal” anthems.”
Yep. It was like that.
Just for context, we’ll share some of the other loser comments from the butt-hurt clowns who claim to be patriots and champions of fairness while taking down the big bad of “wokeness” from their cushy seats.
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1.
America only has ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
Why is the NFL trying to divide us by playing multiple!?
Do football, not wokeness.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 12, 2023
2.
The @NFL is going to play a black national anthem before the Super Bowl. Seems racist and divisive.
— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) February 12, 2023
3.
The Black National Anthem is now the new national anthem, apparently. pic.twitter.com/ZxSwRWrLa9
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 12, 2023
4.
I’m just here for THE National Anthem
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) February 13, 2023
5.
Performing the "Black National Anthem" is racist and makes me *not* want to watch the SuperBowl.
There is one National Anthem, for all people.
The NFL is turning into woke shit.
— Evan Kilgore
(@EvanAKilgore) February 12, 2023
6.
“Black National Anthem” is an oxymoron. We are ONE nation under God. If you think otherwise, you’re in support of segregation. It’s that simple.
— Xaviaer DuRousseau (@XAVIAERD) February 12, 2023
7.
The @NFL is making a huge mistake, in my humble opinion, by having "Lift Every Voice and Sing," what has traditionally been referred to as the "black national anthem," sung at the #SuperBowl. What more divisive message could be sent than to suggest we're a nation of two anthems.
— Darrell B. Harrison (@D_B_Harrison) February 9, 2023
8.
Woke assholes of the NFL set to play the “BLACK National Anthem” prior to the game.
Then in their next breathe, tell us how racist us Crackers are. pic.twitter.com/dKNPvXY1me
—
McLuvin (@McLuvin003) February 12, 2023
9.
Why do people even bother watching the woke Super Bowl?
Their little stunt tonight called “the black national anthem” was an overt act of anti-white RACISM.
Why do people want to cheer on their own humiliation and self hatred?
I am so happy I don’t watch @NFL.
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) February 13, 2023
10.
This song is disgraceful and disgusting. There is NO SUCH THING as a “black national anthem.”
This is the most egregious escalation of racial division since the Civil War.
My expectations for the NFL were already low, but this is a whole new level of woke stupidity.
— Nick Adams (Alpha Male) (@NickAdamsinUSA) February 12, 2023
11.
The NFL is mindless Woke Trash
Sell your TV and read a book
— Anthony Sabatini (@AnthonySabatini) February 12, 2023
12.
Doing a twitter search for “woke nfl” and having an incredible time
— Brittany Van Horne (@_brittanyv) February 12, 2023
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