Want me to sing the National Anthem; Screw you!; I'm singing the Black National

[doobie]

Singer Rene Marie was supposed to open an event with the National Anthem, but instead sand the "Black National Anthem."

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Last Update: 7/04 11:57 am

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper got more than he bargained for at his annual State of the City address. Singer Rene Marie was supposed to open the event with the National Anthem. Instead Marie sang "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," which is also known as the "Black National Anthem." Watch...

When she finished the audience responded with mild applause (clearly an awkward moment for audience). The national anthem was never performed.

Marie told a local news network that she kept her plans to switch songs quiet until the very last moment. She says only she and her husband and a friend knew she was going to sing something other than the "Star-Spangled Banner."

Marie says she wanted to express her love of her country by mixing the lyrics of "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" with the melody of the "Star-Spangled Banner." The problem is she was asked to sing the National Anthem of the United States and should not have been to even finish her replacement anthem.

"When I decided to sing my version, what was going on in my head was: 'I want to express how I feel about living in the United States, as a black woman, as a black person,'" said Marie.

I want to know why I have to know what it feels like to be a black person in America? Would it be right for me to force you to know what it is like to be Puerto Rican in America? No! So why does she think she has the right to do something as stupid as this? Why does she feel she has the right to disrespect this nation and impose her own opinions and views? Does everyone have to take notice of how she feels as a black woman? I am offended that she believes that I should be force fed her view of America.

What this woman did was stupid and racist. I hope that no one ever makes the mistake of asking this so-called singer to EVER sing our National Anthem again.

I am truly offended. We need to stop this type of assault on the values of our great country. Here in the "No Bull Zone" I would like to get your view on this because I am mad as hell about this cheap shot at our country.

[Dylboz]

She has every right to do it. Unless she had a contract that stipulated that she sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Still, I'm sure I wouldn't care to hear either song. So... whatever.

[K. Darien Freeheart]

On one hand, I like hearing of defiant people, especially when they're defying the deadly nationalism that's running rampant...

That said, I've always thought the Black National Anthem is perhaps the dumbest. thing. evar. Where is this "nation" of "black"? Why are they being pussies and not standing against the United States government people if they think it's anything more than a way to make people feel special for having a "different" skin color. What is it about a physical trait that gets a "national anthem"?

Anybody know the "Hazel Eyed National Anthem"?

[kola]

I read about this and thought it was terrific.

denver mayor hickenlooper was furious..it was hiliarious!

Kola

[Coconut]

Anybody know the "Hazel Eyed National Anthem"?

You won't get to see the tears I cry.
Behind my Hazel Eyes.

[KBCraig]

That said, I've always thought the Black National Anthem is perhaps the dumbest. thing. evar. Where is this "nation" of "black"?

Liberia, if Lincoln and the other racial separatists had had their way.