Another woke entertainer has taken the opportunity to trash the country that has made her rich. Someone named Jill Scott, who apparently is an R&B singer of some notoriety, took to the stage Sunday night at the New Orleans’ Essence Festival and used the holiday weekend appearance to spout false narratives, further create racial division, and bad-mouth the country that has made her obscenely wealthy.
Scott, a Lizzo wannabe from Philadelphia, apparently has quite a following in the city that was once known for brotherly love. Apparently, she is worth 12 million dollars, yet she feels the need to whine about oppression and racism and even fantasizes about leaving the country.
In an interview with one of the media’s most notorious race baiters, Jemele Hill, Scott opined about how great it would be to escape the bondage of America for the rest of the free world. It should be noted that Hill was forced out at far-left ESPN for being too inflammatory and race-baiting—quite an accomplishment considering the sports network’s parent company Disney.
Scott fantasized in Hill’s interview: “There are some things you don’t have to deal with in other countries. We’re looking at Holland, the education is dope, the healthcare is dope. There’s very few confines on your personality and if you want to go get some a** or buy some a** ain’t nobody tripping on you. I like the idea of people being able to be free as long as you’re not harming anybody.”
Scott fails to recognize that Holland is over 80% white, compared to the United States, which is 75.5%. If she truly wants to escape white people, perhaps she should look somewhere a little less “dope.” The fact is, America is the most free country in the world. As a nation, we bend over backward to embrace and celebrate every culture, ethnicity, sexuality, and religious affiliation. Often to the detriment of the populace and the greater good.
When Scott took the stage Sunday to the delight of the race baiters at Essence Magazine, the shameless sponsors introduced her by saying: “Everyone please rise for the only National Anthem we will be recognizing from this day forward.”
What took place next was an ugly display of disdain for a country that has made Essence Magazine and Jill Scott wealthy beyond belief. She sang: “Oh, say, can you see, by the blood in the streets, this place doesn’t smile on you, colored child. Whose blood built this land with sweat and their hands. But we’ll die in this place and your memory erased. Oh say, does this truth hold any weight? This is not the land of the free but the home of the slaves.”
The caterwauling nature of her singing aside, the rendition she reimagined was one of the most disgusting, hateful, and wholly false displays of virtue signaling in recent memory. It is one thing to take a knee; that is bad enough, but to use your platform to further divide an already divided nation with false narratives and hyperbole is just plain despicable.
Social media was not kind. Commentators took to the internet with strong opinions. Some of the responses are as follows:
“This is nauseating . No only is the singing awful; the hateful message is even more repulsive.”
“We should be teaching more people to look inward, hold themselves accountable for what they can control so they can improve their lives.”
“Telling young black people they are victims of oppression they never experienced, and doesn’t exist today, is providing them a crutch they can use to fail in life.”
“It’s repulsive. If you want to make an anti-America song, that is your First Amendment right as an American citizen, but to b******ize the National Anthem is DESPICABLE.”
Even her fans were repulsed. Joey Mannarino, a political strategist and former co-host of the pro-Donald-Trump radio program Your Voice America said: “I love Jill Scott. She is the pride of Philadelphia and an icon. This is so heartbreaking for me to see. I could name you every song she’s ever done, this might be a bridge too far for me though. So sad to see her go this route. She is so talented. She doesn’t need to go this route.”
There is a route for Scott and those like her. If they hate America and all of its freedoms and privileges so much, they are free to leave. Holland, Cuba, France, frankly, anywhere but here would be preferable. Maybe there, they can find the freedom they so badly crave. If Jill Scott doesn’t want America, she can show herself out.
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