When Is Singing The National Anthem Unpatriotic?
Here is a post by Maria Niles from BlogHer…
Jazz Singer Rene Marie was booked to sing the national anthem at the annual Denver mayoral state of the city speech (click to read more of Amy Gahran’s take on the reporting of the event).
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Marie has said that she was engaging in both art and protest.As Barack Obama was stopping in the state of Colorado the day after, the Democratic convention will be held in Denver and Obama is black, he was asked to make a statement about Marie’s performance despite the fact that he was in no way associated with Marie or the event.
