Cali. High School Bans The National Anthem. - The Star-Spangled Banner deemed racist and outdated.

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Oh you kids these days....


https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/san-ramon-california-high-school-bans-racist-natio/

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018...tional-anthem-from-pep-rallies-what-heck.html


Student leaders at a high school in the San Francisco Bay Area have decided that the national anthem is racist and outdated and have banned it from school rallies.

According to multiple area news outlets, the Associated Student Body at California High School in San Ramon made that decision based on a phrase in the rarely-played third verse.

“It was brought to our attention that the national anthem’s third verse is outdated and racially offensive,” Ariyana Kermanizadeh wrote in an open letter. “We had nothing but good intentions by removing the song so that we could be fully inclusive to our student body.”

She said the decision was made when students learned about the third verse, which includes the line “No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,” during planning for the winter rally. It applies for the rest of the school year.

Ms. Kermanizadeh said the fact that the third verse is practically never played, and very few Americans even know the lyrics doesn’t matter — the entire song is tainted.
 
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> San Francisco
I swear to God everything San Francisco does is stupid
And not only is everything they do stupid, they also make the rest of the state look bad
 
Graffiti canvas said:
She said the decision was made when students learned about the third verse, which includes the line “No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,” during planning for the winter rally. It applies for the rest of the school year.
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That's not racist, that's historically accurate. You could say it's "offensive," which is subjective, but it sure as hell ain't racist.
 
IIRC the "hireling and slave" part refers to the mercenaries and press-ganged naval crewman used by the British, to contrast the "free men" fighting for America. The lyrics were written during the war of 1812 so opposition to the British was basically the major theme of the song
 
I think I can see the line that fags over there are getting their panties in a twist over.
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Nobody ever sings those lines though. It’s like calling Huckleberry Finn racist—you need to understand the context of the time it was written in.
 
This what the average Cop looks like in SF:
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Not remotely surprised.
 
"Ariyana Kermanizadeh"
What kind of fucking name is that?
no wonder they don't like it, these "people" are fucking aliens that are trying to turn America to accomodate their filthy alien needs.
 
I think I found the monkey student body president.
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As taken from this:

Twitter video retweeted by the mother.
https://twitter.com/_TheCalifornian/status/867215615676751872
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Brother.
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Couple of the retweets of that video just for the hell of it.
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EDIT: I keep finding a few more images to add; the one with her and her mother above either got pulled from the Twitter account or is protected but is available on Google Images.

EDIT 2: Here's the entirety of the letter:

Dear Student Body,

A few weeks before the rally it was brought to our attention that the National Anthem’s third verse is outdated and racially insensitive.

I have said this before and I will say this again, that ASB stands for Associated Student Body, that means for all. After learning about the third verse, the other ASB officers and I thought that this was completely unacceptable and must be removed from the rally.

We had nothing but good intentions by removing the song so that we could be fully inclusive to our student body. More specifically, the third verse of our National Anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” states:

“No refuge could save the hireling and slave,

From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave

O’er the land of the free and home of the brave.”

We understand that this third verse is not included when the anthem is performed, but still, what does this tell us? This verse translated, finds joy in the killing of African-Americans. To think that our nation’s anthem once had the word slave and “land of the free” in the same sentence leaves me speechless.

Moving forward, we must take action and be inclusive to all. This song was written in 1814.

That was written 204 years ago. Imagine all the traditions and laws that have changed. The 15th Amendment granted African Americans the right to vote in 1870.

Finally, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 fully allowed African Americans to vote, and outlawed legal barriers that prevented African Americans from voting.

The 19th Amendment, also known as women’s suffrage, allowed women the right to vote in 1920.

President Barack Obama became the first African American President on Nov. 5, 2008.

As our culture shifts to one that is more diverse and accepting of all types of people, so must our traditions.

To the people who are upset with this decision: I hear you, but we plan to keep our stance.

And although we understand that this anthem represents pride and patriotism in our country to many people, we believe that there are other ways that this can be accomplished without an expense to inclusivity on our campus.

To those who were unaware of the controversy surrounding the National Anthem, I encourage you to take initiative and learn about this topic.

If anyone wants to learn more and is curious about this, please stop into 114. I would love to share what I have learned with any student who is interested.

Our main focus this year in leadership is to reflect on our past and current practices with a major focus on the messages that we convey to the student body.

No longer are we doing things for solely the sake of “tradition.” Moreover, we’re not the only school that does not include the National Anthem in their rallies.

While we understand that there was some confusion about why the anthem was missing from the winter rally, we are so pleased that this choice created a dialogue about tradition and inclusivity

–ASB
 
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Graffiti canvas said:
Ms. Kermanizadeh said the fact that the third verse is practically never played, and very few Americans even know the lyrics doesn’t matter — the entire song is tainted.
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...Don't sing the third verse then? If Canada revised their gay anthem to be gender-inclusive, can't they do the same?
 
She's welcome to try the same thing in an Azeri school. I guarantee she'll come screaming back to the USA for its freedoms faster than you can say 'thas raciss' though.
 
So she's a Pidgin child, such fantastic role models you have San Francisco.
 
I didn’t even know that there were other verses.
How much of a bitch do you have to be to deliberately track down obscure things to be mad about?
 
Kyria the Great said:
New What is next? Is San Francisco Schools going to change their school sound to the Soviet Anthem?
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You could certainly do worse. As long as it's sung in its native Russian, you could silence any complaints about the lyrics, given that no one would understand them.
 
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