by Stephen Dietrich, Associate Publisher
A High School in San Ramon, California has banned the playing of the U.S. national anthem at their sporting events, citing it’s “offensive” nature.
“It was brought to our attention that the national anthem’s third verse is outdated and racially offensive,” according to the president of the school’s student government, who we’ve chosen not to identify because he is underage.
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“We had nothing but good intentions by removing the song so that we could be fully inclusive to our student body.”
The school’s leadership has cited a single phrase in the national anthem’s third verse — Francis Scott Key’s reference to the “hireling and the slave” — as racist and offensive enough to ban the anthem from being played.
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