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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3091153" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/08/28/colin-kaepernick-is-righter-than-you-know-the-national-anthem-is-a-celebration-of-slavery/" target="_blank">Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know: The National Anthem Is a Celebration of Slavery</a></p><p></p><p>it would be bizarre to expect African-American players to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Why? <em>Because it literally celebrates the murder of African-Americans.</em></p><p></p><p>Few people know this because we only ever sing the first verse. But read the <a href="http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-lyrics.aspx" target="_blank">end of the third verse</a> and you’ll see why “The Star-Spangled Banner” is not just a musical atrocity, it’s an intellectual and moral one, too:</p><p></p><p>No refuge could save the hireling and slave</p><p>From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,</p><p>And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave</p><p>O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.</p><p></p><p>“The Star-Spangled Banner,” Americans hazily remember, was written by Francis Scott Key about the Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812.</p><p></p><p>...</p><p>Then on the night of September 13, 1814, the British bombarded Fort McHenry. Key, seeing the fort’s flag the next morning, was inspired to write the lyrics for “The Star-Spangled Banner.”</p><p></p><p>So when Key penned “No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,” he was taking great satisfaction in the death of slaves who’d freed themselves. His perspective may have been affected by the fact he owned several slaves himself.</p><p></p><p>With that in mind, think again about the next two lines: “And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave / O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.”</p><p></p><p>The reality is that there <em>were</em> human beings fighting for freedom with incredible bravery during the War of 1812. However, “The Star-Spangled Banner” glorifies America’s “triumph” over them — and then turns that reality completely upside down, transforming their killers into the courageous freedom fighters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3091153, member: 56035"] [URL="https://theintercept.com/2016/08/28/colin-kaepernick-is-righter-than-you-know-the-national-anthem-is-a-celebration-of-slavery/"]Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know: The National Anthem Is a Celebration of Slavery[/URL] it would be bizarre to expect African-American players to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Why? [I]Because it literally celebrates the murder of African-Americans.[/I] Few people know this because we only ever sing the first verse. But read the [URL='http://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-lyrics.aspx']end of the third verse[/URL] and you’ll see why “The Star-Spangled Banner” is not just a musical atrocity, it’s an intellectual and moral one, too: No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Americans hazily remember, was written by Francis Scott Key about the Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812. ... Then on the night of September 13, 1814, the British bombarded Fort McHenry. Key, seeing the fort’s flag the next morning, was inspired to write the lyrics for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” So when Key penned “No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,” he was taking great satisfaction in the death of slaves who’d freed themselves. His perspective may have been affected by the fact he owned several slaves himself. With that in mind, think again about the next two lines: “And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave / O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” The reality is that there [I]were[/I] human beings fighting for freedom with incredible bravery during the War of 1812. However, “The Star-Spangled Banner” glorifies America’s “triumph” over them — and then turns that reality completely upside down, transforming their killers into the courageous freedom fighters. [/QUOTE]
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