@Scot321 The most vociferous objections emanate from those with the least confidence in their viewpoints.
If you can't make your point in two or three concise sentences, you do not have a point to make.

Maher aside, this is a critical view I take more seriously. I don’t see it as segregationist and on the surface it is inclusive instead, but perhaps cynical as a post Kaepernick gesture:

[deadspin.com]

Biting:
“But, never fear, Jay-Z is here. According to the report, “Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is advising the league on the ‘Inspire Change’ initiative. Roc Nation is also working with the league to provide high-profile performers for events like the NFL Kickoff and the Super Bowl.” and “Roger Goodell, the league, and its teams are giving players the OK to take a knee to kneel in peaceful protest during the national anthem without repercussions. Imagine that, the NFL is allowing American citizens to do things that they already have the right to do while still blackballing Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid. The NFL is a place that has never been low on audacity.”

Hmmm…

Nope. I stopped taking Maher seriously long ago. That he’s wearing his smarty glasses doesn’t make his points any more salient. That he and others are losing it over a…song at a sportsball event…where white elite sit in box seats while a good number of black players risk permanent damage to body and brain after surviving exploitation by the NCAA?

Maher’s comparisons to Maoist China and the breakdown of Yugoslavia are hyperbole. It’s just a song with inclusive placement alongside a song written by a long dead white guy.

[cnn.com]

“For more than a century, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has held a powerful place in American history. The hymn is known as the Black National Anthem, but it’s more than that. It’s a history lesson, a rallying cry, a pledge of unity, and as people gather to fight for equality and justice, it is an ever-present refrain.”

Wow that song reminds me of people getting carted off into forced reeducation camps AND Yugoslavia disintegrating into ethnic enclaves upon the collapse of Titoism all at the same time. Bill Maher is silly. Go back to stand-up routines Bill. Your snotty pseudo-intellectualism has worn itself out.

CNN’s analysis of a lyric from the scary song:

“True to our native land.”

“Jacksonville school officials no doubt encouraged the inclusion of these patriotic sentiments, but this final phrase also reflects the Johnsons' and many other Blacks' faith in a better future in America. Before and after 1900, separatists perceived the US as a racist land that would never welcome Blacks, but integrationists such as the Johnson brothers argued that persuasion, protest, and organizing ultimately would create the coexistence of the races and equal opportunity for all. Such opposing views persist today.”

Links aside, I daily prove that there is the purest of love that gets shown between people. All of our hearts are the same color. All of us have emotions. All of us are alive and bring something good to this world.

This shows that we in the U.S. still have a very very long way to go. There are still a LOT of racists and bigots in this country as well as people who may have good intentions but are actually causing harm in their efforts.

Though the U.S. doesn't hold a monopoly on racial discrimination.

We need more people like Obama to help bring people together and fewer people like Trump who work to tear us apart.

I totally agree with him.

I agree with him, wonder why so many Americans don't.