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Elite Investigative Journal
Star-Spangled Bigotry: The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem, pg 54-51
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Americans generally get lyrics of the song. Most most racist, pro-slavery, Y

a failing grade when it black folks don’t even anti-black songs in the
comes to knowing our know “the black national American lexicon, and
“patriotic songs.” I know anthem.” (There’s a great you would be wise to cut

more people who can story about Bill Clinton it from your Fourth of July
recite “America, F—k being at an NAACP meet- playlist.

Yeah” from Team America ing where he was the only
than “America the Beauti- one who knew it past the “The Star-Spangled Ban-
ful.” “Yankee Doodle”? first line. Bill Clinton: ner,” as most Ameri-

No one older than a fifth- Woke in the ’90s.) cans know it, is only a
grader in chorus class couple of lines. In fact,

remembers the full song. In the case of our national if you look up the song
“God Bless America”? anthem, “The Star-Span- on Google, only the most
More people know the gled Banner,” perhaps not famous lyrics pop up on

Rev. Jeremiah Wright knowing the full lyrics is a Page 1:
remix than the actual full good thing. It is one of the

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