Dahlia Lithwick, at Slate ponders why Black Athletes have a different voice then Asian Carpenters. Athletes are expert at athletics, not much else would be my guess.
What we have, really, is a lot of mourning over the loss of identity politics in the election, The affirmative action crowd's last gasp.
But the National Anthem is a lousy song enjoyed only by another of the identity groups., not necessarily white. A lot of newly arrived from other developed countries like the old style Constitutional government of 50 states complete with anthem.
The NFL should skip the identity politics, dump the anthem and the NFL can hire a musical director for those five minutes per game. The fans will soon forget and the proper five minutes of music can be profitable.
That is a secessionist point of view. Here is California's Anthem:
That is a secessionist point of view. Here is California's Anthem:
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