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Re: Black National Anthem?? What in the world...
Why the need to make oneself distinct FROM American tradition? Isn't the whole idea to integrate INTO American culture? Why fight to be a part of something you don't respect or appreciate?
I don't get it.
I have no problem with Special Hymns for Special Occasions. However, certain things such as the American flag, the National Anthem, and other symbolism should be held sacred and respected above other similar symbols. To be placed on the same plain as another song, flag, etc., is inappropriate, and to even combine them is inappropriate. IMO, anyway.
We still teach our kids to stand up when saying the pledge of allegiance, to place their hands over their hearts, and our son to remove his hat during the pledge or the national anthem. I suppose that's old fashioned. I don't consider times of patriotism to be the platform for personally gratifying political statements.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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