Singer John Legend calls the national anthem racist.
“For those defending the current anthem, do you really truly love that song?” Legend tweeted. “I don’t and I’m very good at singing it. Like, one of the best.”
“My vote is for America the Beautiful. Star spangled banner is a weak song anyway. And then you read this..”
Legend then linked to an article that claimed the lyrics of the national anthem “literally celebrate the murder of African-Americans.”
The verse he’s referring to is this one:
“No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.:
Legend continued his Twitter rant by saying he would only vote for Donald Trump if someone held a gun to his head.
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