Sport has always been a channel that goes beyond its traditional purpose. Apart from competition and entertainment, sports have always united people from all over the world. No matter what race, religion, or political identity, sports have always been integral in uniting people. However, this time around, the Super Bowl has caused quite some uproar.
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In the biggest event of American sports, the Super Bowl chose to bring back the ‘Black National Anthem’. This hasn’t gone too well with the fans. With already a lot of activity around the national anthem and football, the latest performance of the black national anthem adds to the drama with race and the national anthem in the league.
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The NFL lifts angry voices with their latest attempt with Black National Anthem
February is celebrated as Black History Month. The NFL chose to bring back the Black national anthem with a performance from Sheryl Lee Ralph. The popular singer announced that she will be performing the black national anthem. The song, ‘Lift Every Voice’ has been termed as the black national anthem and the NFL roped the entertainer in to perform this.
In what may have been a gesture by the NFL to support black history month and an attempt to eradicate racism, the NFL finds itself in a soup as social media outrage pours in after the announcement of Sheryl Ralph.
Fans were evidently not too amused by this. They saw it as a way of dividing rather than uniting. As far as the game is concerned, it turned out to be an absolute humdinger. Mahomes’ army snatched victory from there jaws of defeat in the final quarter, after getting pegged back in the first two quarters.
The Eagles were playing like absolute favorites in the first half but then Mahomes decided to take over and the rest, as they say, is history.
