Crowd’s Reaction To ‘Black National Anthem’ At Cowboys-Eagles Goes Viral

During the opening of the NFL season on Thursday evening, viewers and folks in the crowd watching the game in person got reacquainted with the so-called “black national anthem.” However, the microphones during the game malfunctioned, sparing the audience from what many football fans refer to as unabashed “wokeness.”

The song, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” is now typically played before the season opener and again at the Super Bowl. You may also hear it at other games, depending on the team.

The tune first gained significant momentum during the summer of 2020, following the death of George Floyd. The NFL began to play it before games and on certain occasions to allegedly help heal racial division in America. During that time, football fans were also subjected to “woke” slogans such as “End Racism” and “It Takes All of Us” that were plastered on the end zones. Some remain to this day.

However, the report reveals that the crowd that showed up at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, the hometown of the Eagles, didn’t really seem to care much about the song being played.

Singer Laurin Talese launched into the number, but the audio was largely nonexistent.

You can also hear a series of boos coming from the crowd as the race-baiting song was sung before the game, which angered leftists on social media. “Philly fans are booing the lady singing the black national anthem!?” a user said on X.

Other fans were just upset that the audio was not working properly.

“The opening song would have been a lot better had the audio department turn off the crowd noise. It was awful. It was half of both so it sounded disrespectful honestly,” another said.

“NBC having some audio issues tonight. My guess is they had trouble with the singer’s mic feed during Lift Every Voice and Sing and just had to turn on the crowd mics so you could hear something. Sounded awful, but was probably the best they could do given the situation,” another user wrote.

Some political commentators noted that when the anthem first began to be played several years ago, the nation was caught in the grip of wokeness and was forced into displays of reverence. Those days, they say, have come and gone.