{"id":2427681,"date":"2025-04-25T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-gets-fan-backlash-for-kicking-off-draft-with-a-woke-stunt\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:40:37","slug":"nfl-gets-fan-backlash-for-kicking-off-draft-with-a-woke-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-gets-fan-backlash-for-kicking-off-draft-with-a-woke-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Gets Fan Backlash for Kicking Off Draft with a &#8216;Woke&#8217; Stunt"},"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\">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%2Fnfl-gets-fan-backlash-for-kicking-off-draft-with-a-woke-stunt%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=2427681&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-democrats-have-made-milwaukee-a-horrible-city\/\" title=\"Democrats Turn Milwaukee Into a &#039;Horrible&#039; City\">article discusses criticism surrounding<\/a> a recent performance of &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing,&#8221; frequently enough referred to as 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 national anthem<\/a>,&#8221; during the NFL&#8217;s 2025 draft ceremony. While the performance itself was deemed well-executed, it sparked backlash from fans who objected to the concept of a separate anthem based on race. Critics on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/game-of-half-inches-you-decide-if-this-critical-call-in-stanley-cup-finals-was-the-right-one\/\" title=\"Game of Half-Inches: You Decide if This Critical Call in Stanley Cup Finals Was the Right One\">social media argued<\/a> that there should only be one national anthem that represents all Americans, and expressed discontent with what they perceive as &#8220;woke&#8221; divisive tactics from the NFL. The piece questions whether endorsing a separate anthem aligns with segregationist ideologies and emphasizes that events like the NFL draft should focus on celebrating individual players rather than promoting racial divisions. The author concludes by urging the end of such separatist notions, implying that they contradict the principles of unity and equality.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Those who push a woke racial narrative should at least have to answer one question.<\/p>\n<p>In short, if 19th- and 20th-century segregationists would have approved of it, should you?<\/p>\n<p>Thursday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the National Football League, evidently unfazed by the broader public rejection of woke racial division, kicked off the first round of its 2025 draft with a ceremony that included a performance of &ldquo;Lift Every Voice and Sing,&rdquo; commonly known as the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-nfl-already-infuriates-viewers-kicks-off-game-black-national-anthem-woke-display\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">black national anthem<\/a>,&rdquo; prompting a slew of criticisms from fans on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>The performance itself was fine, as the following clip shows.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Members of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation&rsquo;s &ldquo;National Hymn Choir&rdquo; perform &ldquo;Lift Every Voice and Sing&rdquo;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ri0ujrwPOQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Ri0ujrwPOQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1915552314997563553?\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=vizqo9x0\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, no one objects to the song. Objections begin with the very idea of a separate anthem based on skin color.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL did not frame the song as the &ldquo;black national anthem.&rdquo; Conduct a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=black+national+anthem&amp;rlz=1CASLSU_enUS1090US1090&amp;oq=black+national+anthem&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggAEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg4IABBFGCcYOxiABBiKBTIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIGCAYQRRg9MgYIBxBFGD3SAQgyNjU4ajBqOagCALACAQ&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google search<\/a> for that phrase, however, and see what appears.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Often referred to as &lsquo;The Black National Anthem,&rsquo; Lift Every Voice and Sing was a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/naacp.org\/find-resources\/history-explained\/lift-every-voice-and-sing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAACP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>X users recoiled from the woke display.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NFL must <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">stop feeding woke divisive nonsense &#038;hellip<\/a>;Why?&rdquo; one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There is only one anthem<br \/> There is only one country<\/p>\n<p>NFL must stop feeding woke divisive nonsense&hellip;Why?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Brunello (@GiuseppeVent8) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiuseppeVent8\/status\/1915757153375207633?\">April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So sick of this ridiculous pandering. There&rsquo;s only ONE National Anthem and it represents all Americans. There is no &lsquo;black national anthem,&#8217;&rdquo; another user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So sick of this ridiculous pandering. There&rsquo;s only ONE National Anthem and it represents all Americans. There is no &ldquo;black national anthem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ms. Pistolicious (@mspistolicious) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mspistolicious\/status\/1915555219615928540?\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Stop it NFL with the black national anthem. We reject this division. The national anthem is for ALL of us. One nation. Under God. OH SAY CAN YOU SEE,&rdquo; a third user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stop it NFL with the black national anthem. We reject this division. The national anthem is for ALL of us. One nation. Under God. OH SAY CAN YOU SEE.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FlyNavyDawg (@HereForFootbal5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HereForFootbal5\/status\/1915551681275703527?\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This sort of garbage played during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-5-seconds-flat-common-sense-judge-traps-woke-blm-1st-graders-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter<\/a> madness of 2020, but not anymore. Too many Americans have awakened to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-mom-takes-entire-woke-school-board-child-not-oppressed-marxists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marxist evil<\/a> at the core of woke racial ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Events like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deion-sanders-words-come-back-haunt-shedeur-suffers-draft-night-humiliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL Draft<\/a> should unite fans by celebrating players and their individual stories.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, however, woke racial ideologues and the NFL must address that fundamental question. If segregationists would have loved a &ldquo;black national anthem,&rdquo; should you promote it?<\/p>\n<p>What would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/forgotten-sermon-mlk-jr-warned-communisms-threat-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a> have said about the idea of a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nfl-already-infuriates-viewers-kicks-off-game-with-black-national-anthem-in-woke-display\/\" title=\"Watch: NFL Already Infuriates Viewers, Kicks Off Game With &#039;...&#039; in ...\">black national anthem&#038;rdquo<\/a>;? He would have called it a brainchild of the segregationists, a diabolical offshoot of the &ldquo;separate but equal&rdquo; doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>The time to end this segregationist nonsense has long since passed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Thursday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the NFL launched its 2025 draft with a ceremony that featured &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing,&#8221; often referred to as the &#8220;black national anthem.&#8221; This decision drew significant criticism from fans on social media. While the performance itself was well-executed, objections arose not against the song but against the concept of having a separate anthem based on race. The NFL did not label it as such; however, many online users expressed their discontent with this divisive approach. They argued that there is only one national anthem representing all Americans and rejected any notion of a &#8220;black national anthem.&#8221; Critics pointed out that events like the NFL Draft should focus on uniting fans through individual player stories rather than promoting division. Ultimately, they questioned whether promoting such an anthem aligns with values of unity or echoes segregationist sentiments from history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2427682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NFL-Draft.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50410,54105,54104,7215,36456],"class_list":["post-2427681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy-2","tag-draft-2","tag-fan-backlash","tag-nfl","tag-woke-culture"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NFL-Draft.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427681","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=2427681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2427685,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427681\/revisions\/2427685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2427682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}