From Fox News: Laurin Talese was tapped to sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Thursday night ahead of the first game of the NFL season between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.
Since the summer of unrest over the death of George Floyd, the NFL has allowed teams to have performers sing the song, known as the Black national anthem.
The song has made appearances at season-opening matchups as well as Super Bowls before kickoffs.
The NBC broadcast also showed one of the messages in the end zone at Lincoln Financial Field. The message read, “It Takes All of Us.”
The performance has sparked outrage on social media.
“We only have one anthem. Period. This is stupid,” declared Buzz Patterson, a retired Air Force Pilot and former carrier of the “nuke football.”
We only have one anthem. Period. This is stupid. https://t.co/iE05jvc6gI
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) September 5, 2025
Wade Miller wrote, “There is no second national anthem. Anyone suggesting otherwise is an idiot.”
“Sports used to bring us together, leftists now use sports to divide us,” another X user noted.
“This is the reason why I don’t watch the NFL. There is only one (1) National Anthem. It’s that simple…,” another person added.
X user Bonnie wrote, “There is no place in sports in ANY country for a separate ‘national anthem’ based on skin pigment. Another reason millions won’t be watching the NFL again this year. This is the kind of nonsense that infuriates normal people. We have ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM for ALL AMERICANS. Just. Stop. It.”
The backlash continues….
As a black man why do we need to hear Lift Every Voice it’s not the national anthem. Ughhhh can we just watch football without trying we woke every dam time.
— Taz ☄️💎 (@KingMadTaz) September 5, 2025
More confirmation of my decision not to watch or support NFL. I’ve not watched for years and don’t miss the NFL at all.
— Dr johnnieB (@BoudinotJohn) September 5, 2025
Funny that they call it the black national anthem, but the song is “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Every black voice, not every voice. What’s the White national anthem? Can we sing that at the next game?
— Jessie Standridge (@jessestand9) September 5, 2025
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