“This Is Sad”: US Open Dumps Star Spangled Banner For Finals Matches, Plays “Black National Anthem” And “America The Beautiful”
Things took a decided turn for the shockingly unpatriotic at the men’s and women’s finals in the U.S. Open over the weekend, as the U.S. national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner, was not played before the finals matches. Instead, the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the “black national anthem” was…