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African American

viva la

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2. Beautiful singing is its own reward.

Reply to qwlauren35 (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2024, 09:01 PM

Feb 13

Not an either/or.
Inspirational music inspires action. African American music is one of the glories of the world.

Besides, it drives the racists crazy to be reminded how inferior they are.

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Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing - At the Super Bowl. Yea or Nay? [View all] qwlauren35 Feb 13 OP

Why not? It isn't offensive, its a good song. People like it. Srkdqltr Feb 13 #1

Beautiful singing is its own reward. viva la Feb 13 #2

If we also included the Latino-American nat'l anthem, the Asian-American nat'l anthem... brush Feb 13 #3

56% of NFL players are African-American. TwilightZone Feb 13 #4

I don't like singling/SEPARATING out one ethnic group over all the others. brush Feb 13 #6

Some of the things you mentioned were included in the zillion-hour pre-game. TwilightZone Feb 13 #5

You caught me. qwlauren35 Feb 13 #7