Klu Klux Klan, the Boogaloos, the Proud Boys) and racist-fueled riots continuing to dominate the contention is someone who is OPENLY racist would never care to preach anti racist rhetoric because they do t believe themselves as immoral.And your contention is wrong as I contended and as I proved so. Such perception is well-founded given the number and strength of nationalistic groups (e.g. The USA (as a collective) preaches and legislates anti-racism, however, the country is perceived by other nations around the world as having deep racial hatred. The context of my argument is the American flag which I contend is a symbol of racist hypocrisy. The term for it is hypocrisy (which I clearly defined). So, your assertion ( You believe in race superiority so in no way would you ever preach anti racism) is completely invalid. It's one of the oldest tricks in the book. You believe in race superiority so in no way would you ever preach anti racism.Īnd my argument is that there is a way, in fact, many ways in which one can preach one thing yet practice the complete opposite. What is the point is if you are an open racist, it would not be your opinion that anti-racism is a more noble belief. For example, POC still (disproportionately) feel the effects of redlining, the war on drugs, etc. It is also possible to be against racism while being unaware of the residual racism of past policies still felt by POC. Regardless, 69% of black people support voter ID laws, why would they support it if it is a racist and discriminatory law? They are meant to create a more fair, equal, and secure election with less fraud and interference. Such laws are not tailored to limit the black vote. If that were true then the police department and criminal just system is without a doubt the most sexist system in America, the vast majority of incarceration and police shootings are on men.įor example, many states are now pushing voter suppression laws tailored to limit the black vote.in the name of 'fairness'. Difference does not equal discrimination. If a law or legislation disproportionately hurts a certain group then it still isn't racist. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,Īnd this be our motto - “In God is our trust,”Īnd the star-spangled banner in triumph shall waveA doubt there are government representatives pushing for legislation which disproportionately affects people of color. Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation! O thus be it ever when freemen shall standīetween their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!īlest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
How is the star spangled banner song racist free#
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. No refuge could save the hireling and slaveįrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,Īnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution. That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusionĪ home and a Country should leave us no more? O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!Īnd where is that band who so vauntingly swore, ’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
How is the star spangled banner song racist full#
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream, Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,Īs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, Friederich, the music is played as it would have been heard in 1854. This 19th century version (MP3) of the Star-Spangled Banner was performed on original instruments from the National Museum of American History's collection. Shortly afterward, two Baltimore newspapers published it, and by mid-October it had appeared in at least seventeen other papers in cities up and down the East Coast. A local printer issued the new song as a broadside. Back in Baltimore, he completed the four verses (PDF) and copied them onto a sheet of paper, probably making more than one copy. Inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after the bombardment, he scribbled the initial verse of his song on the back of a letter. Francis Scott Key was a gifted amateur poet.