{"id":134290,"date":"2021-02-15T15:49:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134290"},"modified":"2021-02-15T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:58:21","slug":"jemele-hill-demands-an-end-to-weaponized-patriotic-symbols-at-sporting-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jemele-hill-demands-an-end-to-weaponized-patriotic-symbols-at-sporting-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Jemele Hill Demands An End To \u2018Weaponized Patriotic Symbols\u2019 At Sporting Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjemele-hill-demands-an-end-to-weaponized-patriotic-symbols-at-sporting-events%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=134290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JemeleHill.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2733368-donald-trump-asks-espn-to-apologize-for-jemele-hills-white-supremacist-comments\">she referred<\/a> to President Donald Trump as a \u201cwhite supremacist,\u201d has called for an end to the singing of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d at sporting events, arguing that it has become a \u201cweaponized\u201d patriotic symbol.<\/p>\n<p>In another article for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/02\/why-pro-sports-should-skip-national-anthem\/618027\/\">The Atlantic<\/a>, Hill lamented the NBA\u2019s recent decision to enforce its policy on the National Anthem, reversing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban\u2019s decision to forgo having the anthem played ahead of games.<\/p>\n<p>Playing the \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d at sporting events has become an empty gesture of patriotism\u2014so empty that, when the NBA\u2019s Dallas Mavericks quietly began skipping the ritual, 13 preseason and regular-season games passed before anyone noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mavericks should have held their ground, because playing the anthem shouldn\u2019t be a pregame ritual in American sports,\u201d she wrote. \u201cNot during a time when many people\u2014including many athletes of color\u2014are deeply uncomfortable with how patriotic symbols have been weaponized to undermine and diminish the humanity of Black and brown Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of forcing Cuban\u2019s team to back down, the NBA as a whole should revisit its anthem rule. Other leagues should do the same. The ritual enforces a rote, narrow idea of patriotism\u2014one that pro sports should be working to change, not uphold,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Hill then recounted some of the national anthem\u2019s checkered history, including the fact that its creator, Francis Scott Key, was a slave owner who once said that black Americans are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=xVRQ8NsrP5MC&amp;pg=PA40&amp;lpg=PA40&amp;dq=%E2%80%9Ca+distinct+and+inferior+race+of+people,+which+all+experience+proves+to+be+the+greatest+evil+that+afflicts+a+community.%E2%80%9D&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=akAa-MkOnE&amp;sig=gl287IEmrxDd7QhWzDZ1vndULAY&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwi7-4HtktDNAhXG7YMKHbKMDCEQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&amp;q=%E2%80%9Ca%20distinct%20and%20inferior%20race%20of%20people,%20which%20all%20experience%20proves%20to%20be%20the%20greatest%20evil%20that%20afflicts%20a%20community.%E2%80%9D&amp;f=false\" data-omni-click=\"r&#039;article&#039;,r&#039;&#039;,d,r&#039;intext&#039;,r&#039;5&#039;,r&#039;None&#039;\">a distinct and inferior race of people, which all experience proves to be the greatest evil that afflicts a community<\/a>.\u201d Though the national anthem has long been a rallying cry for patriotism, especially during the Civil War, Hill argued its presence at sporting events was largely a machination of America\u2019s Military-Industrial-Complex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enshrinement of the anthem into sports ritual wasn\u2019t entirely the result of teams\u2019 or fans\u2019 patriotic feelings,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIn 2015, the Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake revealed that the NFL, Major League Baseball, and other pro leagues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-nfls-tangled-ties-with-the-national-anthem-dont-run-deep\/\" data-omni-click=\"r&#039;article&#039;,r&#039;&#039;,d,r&#039;intext&#039;,r&#039;8&#039;,r&#039;None&#039;\">have received millions of dollars<\/a> from the Defense Department for national-anthem performances, military-appreciation nights, and other activities promoting the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hill concluded that the enforcement of the \u201cconservative definition of patriotism\u201d in the wake of the Capitol Hill riot \u201cjust doesn\u2019t seem right,\u201d fearing that it will \u201cembolden people who insist upon an exclusive form of patriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Hill certainly takes issue with exclusive forms of patriotism, she has no issue with enforcing exclusive forms of American blackness. In 2020, when then-candidate Joe Biden said that black Trump supporters \u201cain\u2019t black,\u201d Hill said the comments were accurate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a problem with the statement because he was clearly referring to this from a policy and track record standpoint. If you\u2019re black and you support anti-black policies and positions, then that makes you \u2026? You\u2019re still technically black but you ain\u2019t with us,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jemele Hill, staff writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN commentator who sparked national controversy when\u00a0she referred to President Donald Trump as a \u201cwhite supremacist,\u201d has called for an end &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181305,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JemeleHill.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Jemele Hill Demands An End To \u2018Weaponized Patriotic Symbols\u2019 At Sporting Events","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/JemeleHill.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Jemele Hill Demands An End To \u2018Weaponized Patriotic Symbols\u2019 At Sporting Events","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}