{"id":463,"date":"2024-02-12T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=463"},"modified":"2024-02-12T22:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:55:10","slug":"andra-days-performance-of-the-black-national-anthem-at-super-bowl-causes-internet-firestorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"Andra Day\u2019s performance of the \u2018Black national anthem\u2019 at Super Bowl causes internet firestorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>While many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/?s=super+bowl\">Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0fans were left split on whether\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/celebrity\/reba-mcentire-receives-mixed-reactions-after-super-bowl-national-anthem-performance\/\">Reba\u2019s rendition<\/a> of the national anthem was the best ever or could have used some work, numerous netizens shared the same opinion about Andra Day\u2019s performance of \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing,\u201d also known as the Black national anthem.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-464 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426191377_690979679911322_610466276305862719_n-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426191377_690979679911322_610466276305862719_n-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426191377_690979679911322_610466276305862719_n.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>For the fourth time the Black national anthem has had a place in the Super Bowl pregame festivities.<\/p>\n<p>The song, which has only been around since 1900, captures \u201cthe solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberty of Black Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLift Every Voice and Sing,\u201d which was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/find-resources\/history-explained\/lift-every-voice-and-sing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">adopted by the NAACP<\/a>\u00a0was \u201cprominently used as a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-4c0af7684435beeb2d618249193b92fd\" class=\"newsner-4c0af7684435beeb2d618249193b92fd newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-465 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426341051_690979593244664_4119705766273651284_n-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426341051_690979593244664_4119705766273651284_n-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426341051_690979593244664_4119705766273651284_n-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426341051_690979593244664_4119705766273651284_n.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/strong><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While comments regarding Day\u2019s performance littered the internet in the days leading up to her performance, they paled in comparison to those made after Day sang her rendition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a black national anthem,\u201d Rep. Mike Loychik, a Republican lawmaker, wrote on X. \u201cWe are all AMERICANS, united by our great and beautiful Star Spangled Banner. The Super Bowl is supposed to bring us together. \u201cIt\u2019s a disgrace that the NFL decided to push the politics of racial division again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: var(--go--color--text); font-family: var(--go--font-family); font-size: var(--go--font-size); letter-spacing: var(--go--letter-spacing,normal);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426354731_690979589911331_3830761443171081658_n-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426354731_690979589911331_3830761443171081658_n-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426354731_690979589911331_3830761443171081658_n-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426354731_690979589911331_3830761443171081658_n.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe so-called Black National Anthem does not belong at the Super Bowl. We already have a National Anthem and it includes EVERYONE.\u201d Megyn Kelly tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up I wasn\u2019t taught that the National Anthem was for white or black people. We were taught that it was for all Americans. A black national anthem isn\u2019t meant to give black Americans a voice, it\u2019s meant to cause more division. We are all American regardless of race and it\u2019s time we start acting like it,\u201d another person\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Travis_in_Flint\/status\/1757063299244380397\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some people even commented on the crowd\u2019s lack of enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I don\u2019t know about you, but I thought Andra Day did a wonderful job.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share your thoughts with us on Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0fans were left split on whether\u00a0Reba\u2019s rendition of the national anthem was the best ever or could have used some work, numerous netizens shared the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}