{"id":88835,"date":"2017-11-08T22:13:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T02:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=88835"},"modified":"2017-11-08T22:13:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T02:13:56","slug":"only-in-california-now-they-want-a-new-national-anthem-because","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=88835","title":{"rendered":"Only in California: Now they want a new national anthem because&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Group Calling National Anthem Lyrics Racist,\u00a0Anti-Black<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Shirin Rajaee<br \/>\nCBS Sacramento<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjM3NTg5NDEiLCJhbnZhY2siOiJhbnZhdG9fY2JzbG9jYWxfYXBwX3dlYl9wcm9kXzU0N2YzZTQ5MjQxZWYwZTVkMzBjNzliMmVmYmNhNWQ5MmM2OThmNjciLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoic2FjcmFtZW50by5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%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%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO (CBS13) \u2014 The California NAACP is pushing to get rid of the national anthem that they\u2019re calling racist and anti-black.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis song is wrong; it shouldn\u2019t have been there, we didn\u2019t have it \u2019til 1931, so it won\u2019t kill us if it goes away,\u201d said the organization\u2019s president Alice Huffman.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Kaepernick started the NFL protests, which quickly spread to bring attention to systemic racial injustice in the country. But Huffman says Kaepernick\u2019s message was lost when it turned into a debate about the flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message got distorted, the real intentions got overlooked, it became something that\u2019s dividing us, and I\u2019m looking for something to bring us back together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Huffman adds that the protests did lead her to look at the lyrics of the \u201cStar Spangled Banner\u201d especially the parts of the anthem we don\u2019t typically sing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s racist; it doesn\u2019t represent our community, it\u2019s anti-black,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Huffman is referring to the third stanza which includes the lyric \u201cno refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>THIRD STANZA (FULL LYRICS AT BOTTOM OF STORY)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,<br \/>\nThat the havoc of war and the battle\u2019s confusion<br \/>\nA home and a Country should leave us no more?<br \/>\nTheir blood has wash\u2019d out their foul footstep\u2019s pollution.<br \/>\nNo refuge could save the hireling and slave<br \/>\nFrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,<br \/>\nAnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She says some interpretations conclude that the lyrics celebrate the deaths of black American slaves fighting for freedom, and the song should be replaced with something that supports all of our values.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an extreme way of doing things,\u201d said Kenneth Lu, a veteran living in Davis.<\/p>\n<p>The opinions varied at the VFW in West Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe it\u2019s a slap across the face, whether there\u2019s a flaw in the context, I don\u2019t see it that way. I have to stick with our traditions and our values and what we represent,\u201d said Sydney Lugo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt won\u2019t solve any problem,\u201d said veteran John Cox.<\/p>\n<p>Huffman says it may not solve anything, but it\u2019s a step towards social justice that she says is long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not about the flag. We love the flag. This is about a song that should never have been the national anthem. This country is a country that has shared values, and the more we respect each other, the better off we\u2019ll be as a country,\u201d said Huffman.<\/p>\n<p>A separate resolution by the California NAACP is calling on Congress to censure President Donald Trump for his remarks about firing those who don\u2019t stand for the anthem. They are also asking NFL teams to let Kaepernick play again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe still has a lot of talent, and he has the right to play, why should he be persecuted over peaceful protest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization is still looking for legislative sponsors for these resolutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAR-SPANGLED BANNER FULL LYRICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>O say can you see, by the dawn\u2019s early light,<br \/>\nWhat so proudly we hail\u2019d at the twilight\u2019s last gleaming,<br \/>\nWhose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight<br \/>\nO\u2019er the ramparts we watch\u2019d were so gallantly streaming?<br \/>\nAnd the rocket\u2019s red glare, the bomb bursting in air,<br \/>\nGave proof through the night that our flag was still there,<br \/>\nO say does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<\/p>\n<p>On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep<br \/>\nWhere the foe\u2019s haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br \/>\nWhat is that which the breeze, o\u2019er the towering steep,<br \/>\nAs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br \/>\nNow it catches the gleam of the morning\u2019s first beam,<br \/>\nIn full glory reflected now shines in the stream,<br \/>\n\u2018Tis the star-spangled banner \u2013 O long may it wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<\/p>\n<p>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,<br \/>\nThat the havoc of war and the battle\u2019s confusion<br \/>\nA home and a Country should leave us no more?<br \/>\nTheir blood has wash\u2019d out their foul footstep\u2019s pollution.<br \/>\nNo refuge could save the hireling and slave<br \/>\nFrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,<br \/>\nAnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n<p>O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand<br \/>\nBetween their lov\u2019d home and the war\u2019s desolation!<br \/>\nBlest with vict\u2019ry and peace may the heav\u2019n rescued land<br \/>\nPraise the power that hath made and preserv\u2019d us a nation!<br \/>\nThen conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br \/>\nAnd this be our motto \u2013 \u201cIn God is our trust,\u201d<br \/>\nAnd the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2017\/11\/07\/naacp-national-anthem-racist\/\">http:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2017\/11\/07\/naacp-national-anthem-racist\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group Calling National Anthem Lyrics Racist,\u00a0Anti-Black<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}