The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Black national Anthem Sung At Super Bowl LVIII Criticized

Episode Date: February 12, 2024

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apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast this is a miracle there is no question that there are problems in this country between police and community. Yes, you are a donkey. The latest on that police killing of a black man. Now to new developments in the deadly spa shooting rampage. And yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did. And so we are in a state of emergency. Okay, white supremacist violence is and always has been the number one threat to our

society but i'm also very proud that my wife is white such a breakfast club bitch all right sean lee please tell me why was i your donkey of the day well donkey of the day for monday february 12th goes to representative matt gates of florida excuse me i'm sorry i'm disgusting i'm so sorry representative mike loychick conservative pundit.J. Pearson and everybody else who had their fruit of the looms in a bunch because the NFL let Andre Day perform lift every voice and commonly lift every voice and sing commonly known as the black national anthem. Now, last night, just like at many a sporting event, more than one national anthem was saying, OK, they do it all the time, especially in boxing. If there is a fighter from another country, someone will do their national anthem was saying okay they do it all the time especially in boxing if there's a fighter from another country someone will do their national anthem i've seen the canadian national anthem the mexican national anthem saying it happens all the time and in a sport that has a very high percentage of black players performing the black national anthem makes sense to me

and andrea day performed it last night can we hear a little bit of the black national anthem please come through andrea liberty Oh, liberty. Okay, now, Representative Matt Gaetz said on X, they're desecrating America's national anthem by playing something called the Black National Anthem. Mike Lojic said, there's no such thing as a Black National Anthem. We are all Americans united by our great and beautiful star-spangled banner. The Super Bowl is supposed to bring us together.'s a disgrace that the nfl decided to push the politics of racial division again cj pearson wrote on x before tonight's super bowl as a young black

and proud american let me make myself clear there is only one national anthem as there is only one united states of america and it's for everyone white black yellow and even maroon he said the left's agenda of division isn't just needless. It's exhausting. Listen, man, have any of y'all ever stopped to think there would be no division if y'all didn't cause it? If they would simply acknowledge the black national anthem for what it is. OK, it wouldn't be an issue. And what it is is a promise of the freedom, liberty and justice. America promised all people under the Constitution. OK, it was written at a crucial time in American history when Jim Crow was replacing slavery and African-Americans were searching for an identity of their own. Author and activist James Weldon Johnson wrote the words as a poem, which his brother, John Rosamond Johnson, then set the music.

So if you believe in the freedom of all Americans, if you believe in equality for all Americans, if you truly do believe in liberty and justice for all, the lift every voice and sing wouldn't bother you. Not even a little bit. OK, it was first performed in Jacksonville, Florida, to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Abraham Lincoln, you know him, right? He issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves. The song was written as a hopeful appeal for the liberty of black Americans. It was the promise of freedom. If you don't like the song, then you simply don't like seeing black people free i don't expect matt gates and mike loichick to notice but cj pearson you're a black person you have to know this okay lift every voice and sing is so american and it's not something you should look at as anti-american if you do indeed believe that there should be freedom liberty and justice for all people if

you believe that then you should look at and justice for all people if you believe that then you should look at this song the same way you look at the national anthem and the star spangled banner not to mention reba mcintyre sang the national anthem and post malone did america the beautiful so all aspects of america were represented last night so i don't understand how come when people from other countries come here and participate in sporting events and their national anthem is saying it don't bother nobody but anytime black people get some acknowledgement as proud citizens of this country it's a problem imagine matt gates imagine mike loychick imagine cj pearson imagine y'all simply said it's great to see the black national anthem acknowledged at the super bowl think about how that acknowledgement would bring

people together you know we live in a world full of sheep and folks just be sitting around waiting to know how to feel about things. They literally go on social media and wait to know how to feel about certain things and events. If you all had simply said good for the NFL to acknowledging our black Americans with the black national anthem, that would collectively bring people together. But like most things black in this country, you simply tried to write it out of history and tell people that it doesn't really exist. You all could have created energy and rhetoric that caused unity, but instead you decided to cause division.

Please give Matt Gates, Mike Lloyd Chick, and CJ Pearson the biggest hee-haw. Yeah, I mean, that's just as exhausting as y'all think the left agenda of division is, in my opinion. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Donkey of the Day is sponsored by renowned personal injury attorney Michael the Bull Lammisoff. Don't be a donkey when you need a fighter on your side. If you're ever injured, go to MichaelTheBull.com.

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I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

Listen to Escape from Zaka-stan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan. On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Dani Shapiro, host of the hit podcast Family Secrets.

How would you feel if when you met your biological father for the first time, he didn't even say hello. And what if your past itself was a secret and the time had suddenly come to share that past with your child? These are just a few of the powerful and profound questions we'll be asking on our 11th season of Family Secrets. Listen to season 11 of Family Secrets on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence,

and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other, so join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.