And not to shove politics or divisive cultural issues down the throats of the viewers who are looking for a getaway.”īut like Maher, her comments were met with criticism. Celebrate America and then play a sports game. Instead, Kelly believes people need politics to exit the conversation as it pertains to sports all together. ![]() “We don’t need separate anthems,” she said. And like Maher, she against aging but two anthems. “I don’t think that the average American - Black or white - wants to hear the Black national anthem before they hear the national anthem … and it’s no offense against people of color, we’re one country,” Kelly said Thursday on her show. “The Megyn Kelly Show” host and former Fox New talk show host recently spoke out against the NFL’s inclusion of “Lift Every Voice,” as well as their initiatives to combat racial injustice. #TheView /RMNXnxKpl5- Ashley September 13, 2021Īnother person chimed in with, “White Supremacy is causing division but Bill Maher thinks it’s the black national anthem.”īut, Maher is not at all alone in taking issue with the debated song. White Supremacy is causing division in society but Bill Maher thinks it’s the black national anthem. “The fact that has never heard of the ‘Black National Anthem’ until recently, when it was written in 1900 and has been a staple in our community since, shows how much some white ppl, even ones we may consider allies, don’t understand and/or consider our perspective,” wrote one person. His reaction fueled commentary across social media from people who perceived Maher’s commentary as less than intelligent and dismissive of the history of “Lift Every Voice.” We’re going back to that under a different name.” “I think when you go down a road where you’re having two different national anthems, colleges sometimes now have - many of them have different graduation ceremonies for black and white, separate dorms - this is what I mean! Segregation! You’ve inverted the idea. He went on to explain that the NFL’s attempt at inclusivity was nothing more than yet another way to draw the racial line in the sand. “Now, maybe we should get rid of our national anthem, but I think we should have one national anthem.” ![]() “I saw last night on the football game, Alicia Keys sang ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ which now I hear is called the black national anthem,” he said. 10 airings of his show, Maher addressed the matter before his studio audience. However, HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher is among the latest critics who have expressed their issues with “Lift Every Voice” continuing to have a presence in the national broadcast. (Photo: Real Time with Bill Maher/YouTube, season marks the second year the league has elected to incorporate the song into game openers, just ahead of the national anthem, the “Star Spangled Banner.” The league began broadcasting the song in the wake of protests spurred by the police slayings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor last year. Bill Maher (left) and Megyn Kelly (right) have both expressed opinions slamming the NFL’s decision to incorporate the Black national anthem into their broadcast, claiming the song is divisive.
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