The Super Bowl was last Sunday, and while the game lacked much drama until the end, there was plenty before it. Post Malone did a stirring rendition of “America the Beautiful” which left the stadium stunned, and Reba McIntyre did a beautiful, understated rendition of “The Stars Spangled Banner” that was equally well received.
Unfortunately, the NFL chose to once again divide America by kicking off the night with a controversial performance. “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known despite leftist protestations as the black national anthem, was performed by Andra Day. The left claims that the song isn’t a black national anthem despite being called exactly that on the league’s website.
While it is a pleasant enough song, and the performance was good, the fact that the song is pushed as a “black national anthem” continues to rub folks the wrong way. Many took to social media to wonder aloud why the NFL continues to attempt to divide an already torn nation.
Former Fox host and podcaster Megyn Kelly has been receiving criticism from the left and is being called racist after posting on X about the song ”that it “does not belong at the Super Bowl. We already have a National Anthem and it includes EVERYONE.” In years past, her comments wouldn’t have moved the needle. However, the left is bent on division, and calling Kelly a racist without proof is standard procedure.
On Tuesday, a famous ESPN personality who happens to be black, came to Kelly’s defense on his show. Stephen A. Smith defended Kelly, whom he doesn’t know, and her remarks. He said: “I don’t know Megyn Kelly at all, OK? I don’t find her statement to be racist. I find it to be, in her eyes, patriotic. I find it to be, in her eyes, self-righteous. I find her to be a bit detached from reality being faced by black Americans everywhere. I got that part, but I can’t go in the way that I wanted to go in about her when people are out there — from my community — just throwing out the word ‘racist.’”
In fact, racism is the go-to for anyone who strays from the approved narrative. Kelly simply was saying the Anthem is for all Americans, not just a select few, yet the left paints her as a racist. Smith was having none of that. He continued: “You don’t know that about her. I’m sick and tired of folks out there — particularly in the black community — being so quick to throw out the word ‘racism.’When you throw out the word ‘racism,’ do me a favor: have more evidence before you do it so it can’t be dismissed via plausible deniability or something else.”
Social media rallied behind Kelly, supporting the assertion that having a separate anthem is segregation of sorts. One commenter said the song was “a manufactured push for segregation that the masses do not support.” Another noted, “100%!! People are trying to bring segregation back.. Dr. Martin Luther King is rolling in his grave,” while a third simply said the song was used “to cause division.”
It has been a stunning turn of events for fans of the bombastic Stephen A. Smith. In just over two weeks, he has suggested support for Donald Trump and defended Megyn Kelly and accusations of racism. More folks are coming around and realizing that they have been intentionally divided and fed a false narrative, and they are fed up. Stephen A. Smith has a very large platform, and hopefully, his fans will hear his message.
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