{"id":2262204,"date":"2024-06-07T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-on-the-black-national-anthem-theyre-shoving-it-down-peoples-throats\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:58:15","slug":"sage-steele-on-the-black-national-anthem-theyre-shoving-it-down-peoples-throats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-on-the-black-national-anthem-theyre-shoving-it-down-peoples-throats\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Steele Criticizes the &#8216;Black National Anthem&#8217; Being Forced on People"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fsage-steele-on-the-black-national-anthem-theyre-shoving-it-down-peoples-throats%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=2262204&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--><p>Podcaster and former ESPN host Sage Steele critiqued \u2062the\u200c inclusion of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guilty-on-all-charges-the-sports-world-reacts-to-the-derek-chauvin-verdict\/\" title=\"Guilty On All Charges: The Sports World Reacts To The Derek Chauvin Verdict\">black <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">national anthem<\/a><\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;Lift Every Voice \u200band Sing,&#8221; at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opposition-builds-scores-of-british-lawmakers-across-political-spectrum-unite-against-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"Opposition Builds: Scores Of British Lawmakers Across Political Spectrum Unite Against Vaccine Passports\">major sports events<\/a>,\u2064 deeming it divisive. In a conversation with Reggie Watts, she expressed discontent, proposing the term &#8220;blanthem&#8221; to promote unity. Steele emphasized the importance\u200b of solidarity, highlighting the anthem as a unifying symbol for all Americans\u2064 and emphasizing the need to stand together.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Podcaster and former ESPN host Sage Steele took aim at the use of what is referred to as the \u201cblack national anthem\u201d \u2014 \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d \u2014 saying that performing it at major sporting events is divisive in America, and it\u2019s being shoved \u201cdown people\u2019s throats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking with comedian, actor, and musician Reggie Watts on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-sage-steele-show\/id1737682826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sage Steele Show<\/a>,\u201d Steele stated, \u201cI never intended to stir the pot, but now I don\u2019t care. \u2026 I don\u2019t like this whole black national anthem thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat\u2019s the black national anthem?\u201d Watts responded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSee?\u201d Steele pointed out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d Watts repeated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWell, it\u2019s newer the last couple of years and it\u2019s at the Super Bowl,\u201d Steele explained. \u201cAnd it\u2019s been at a couple of major sporting events, and it\u2019s \u2018Lift Every Voice,\u2019 and that\u2019s sung now before the national anthem and it\u2019s called the black national anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a blanthem,\u201d Watts suggested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a blanthem,\u201d Steele agreed. She continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Let\u2019s call it that. Hashtag blanthem. Maybe if it were that I would not think it were so ridiculous and divisive. \u2026 With the hashtag we\u2019re good. Cool. To me, and again I\u2019m sensitive, because I\u2019ve been told \u2014 Dude, we\u2019re one big melting pot. This is good. Why are we now choosing to separate again when we\u2019ve been in a tough time here the past several years, to say, \u201cThis is only our anthem, but y\u2019all better stand up. Get you\u2019re a** up.\u201d \u2026I think we\u2019re all Americans and it\u2019s our anthem; and all the immigrants from across the world that have come here stand up for our anthem. They\u2019re all Americans.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFirst of all, the fact that you didn\u2019t even know,\u201d she said to Watts. \u201cWhat\u2019s that? The black national anthem. Because it\u2019s new and they\u2019re shoving it down people\u2019s throats. What are we doing?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In April, Steele told Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro, \u201cI think one of the biggest things that has made me so divisive and disliked and at least parts not all for sure, but parts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: The Lie Of \u2018Systemic Police Racism\u2019 That Kills\">black community<\/a> is my conversation about being biracial. So if I\u2019m asked and if I\u2019m filling out a census \u2026 I\u2019m going to check black and white, you know, my dad\u2019s black, my mom is white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m so proud of both. And for some reason that\u2019s controversial,\u201d she continued, adding that she would expect her family\u2019s racial makeup to be celebrated by those who constantly push for more diversity, equity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd I just was always confused by that and like, why isn\u2019t my family the actual perfect definition of diversity and tolerance and acceptance and inclusion?\u201d Steele asked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhy is it bad that I love my mom as much as my dad and want to celebrate her as well? And when I was crushed for that a few times, I got ticked off. I\u2019m like, enough. This is total B.S.,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-givesendgo-founder-its-a-moment-for-people-to-stand-up\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE - GiveSendGo Founder: 'It's a Moment for People to Stand Up'\">complete hypocrisy<\/a>, the opposite of what we are preaching of diversity and tolerance and acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Zach Jewell contributed to this article.<\/em><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Related<em>: <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-total-b-s-sage-steele-slams-hypocrisy-of-left-pushing-diversity-and-tolerance-during-interview-with-ben-shapiro\">\u2018This Is Total B.S.\u2019: Sage Steele Slams \u2018Hypocrisy\u2019 Of Left Pushing \u2018Diversity And Tolerance\u2019 During Interview With Ben\u00a0Shapiro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcaster and ex-ESPN host Sage Steele criticized the use of the &#8220;black national anthem,&#8221; &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing,&#8221; at major sporting events as divisive in America. Steele expressed concern that it is being imposed on people forcefully. 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