Gwen Berry: ‘Obvious’ the National Anthem’s ‘Third Paragraph Speaks to Slavery’
‘If you know your history you’d know the full song of the national anthem’
Jun 30, 2021 11:00 AM
By Grabien Staff
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MARLOW: “Now I just want to ask what is it about The National anthem or that whole scenario that made you feel so uncomfortable? Why didn’t you want to, you know, acknowledge that part?” BERRY: “History. If you know your history you’d know the full song of the national anthem. The third paragraph speaks to slaves in America — our blood being slain and — and [indecipherable] all over the floor. It’s disrespectful and it does not speak for black Americans. It’s obvious, there’s no — there’s no question.”
