The NFL recently sparked outrage among conservatives after announcing this year\u2019s Super Bowl would feature a performance of the \u201cblack national anthem.\u201d Reportedly, the Grammy-winning R&B singer Andra Day will perform the alternative anthem.<\/p>\n
The song was first performed alongside the Star Spangled Banner at NFL games in 2020 and has been featured in Super Bowls since then. Following the announcement that it would appear this year, the NFL has faced harsh criticism from fans arguing the anthem is divisive rather than unifying.<\/p>\n
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk commented on the \u201cblack national anthem,\u201d opining that it is intended to be racially divisive. Kirk added that the Star Spangled Banner is already an all-encompassing anthem for Americans to unite behind.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NFL has announced that the so-called \u2018Black National Anthem\u2019 will be performed at the Super Bowl. Of course, in reality, the black national anthem is performed at every Super Bowl, because The Star-Spangled Banner is the anthem of ALL Americans. The effort to create a \u2018black national anthem,\u2019 and a \u2018black Independence Day\u2019 in Juneteenth, is part of a wider project to divide Americans up by race,\u201d Kirk posted on X.<\/p>\n
Others argued that the alternative anthem is designed to propagate a sense of anti-white racism. \u201cThe NFL is evidently continuing to perpetuate antiwhiteism and division during this year\u2019s Super Bowl. If that\u2019s what you support then enjoy watching. I certainly won\u2019t,\u201d Paul A. Szypula wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Another person called angry fans to boycott the NFL to demonstrate their frustration. Last year, conservatives proved they can effectively organize boycotts, as shown by the Bud Light and Target controversies.<\/p>\n
\u201cFans have only themselves to blame. An organized boycott will stop this nonsense within a few short weeks. Instead of moaning about it, use your reach to organize a boycott and explain to the NFL what it has to do to get its audience back,\u201d said Biff Gruffly.<\/p>\n
Another X user detailed how the NFL\u2019s involvement in the culture war has pushed him away from the sport entirely. \u201cAnd once again, one of the many reasons, I no longer watch the NFL, or am even interested. I am not the audience they are pandering to. I believe in unity and the NFL is not the for the same thing,\u2019 wrote Benjamin Hinson.<\/p>\n
Another person shared a similar sentiment to Hinson, turned off by the NFL\u2019s divisive racial politics. \u201cI\u2019m probably done with the NFL. We have a National Anthem that represents us as the great American melting pot. To take that and now create an anthem for one single racial group is a slap in the face of every other ethnicity and to our country,\u201d they add ed.<\/p>\n
Conservative personality Lavern Spicer explained how the Star Spangled Banner should be everyone\u2019s anthem regardless of ethnicity. \u201cThe Black National Anthem is the Star Spangled Banner. The White National Anthem is the Star Spangled Banner. The Mixed National Anthem is the Star Spangled Banner,\u201d she wrote on X. \u201cIf you live in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, your National Anthem is the Star Spangled Banner.\u201d<\/p>\n
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