Jazz Singer Sang "Black National Anthem" Instead of The "Star Spangled Banner"

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A jazz singer shocked some Denver residents after replacing the words to the national anthem with those of the "Black National Anthem" during the annual State of the City address this week.

Rene Marie was asked to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper delivered the annual address on Tuesday.

Instead, she sang the lyrics of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" — a hymn commonly referred to as the "Black National Anthem" — to the tune of the national anthem, MyFOXColorado.com reported.

"If anyone has got a right to be angry it's probably me," Hickenlooper told the station. "I guess what I feel most is just deeply disappointed."

The mayor said only Marie, her husband and a musical adviser knew what the local jazz singer had in mind.

"What she said was that she was very sorry, that she meant no disrespect, that she was trying to make a creative expression of her love for the country," Hickenlooper said.

But the change in lyrics angered many residents, including City Councilman Charlie Brown.

"I was mad," he told MyFOXColorado.com. "I almost walked off the stage."

Brown said the matter needs to be addressed. "There is no substitute for the national anthem."

Source: FOXNews.com - Singer Opts for 'Black National Anthem' Over 'Star-Spangled Banner' - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

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According to Worldnedaily Singer subs 'black anthem' for 'Star Spangled Banner' Rene Marie doesn't feel like anAmerican and that bothered her a great deal. Besides Rene Marie felt as though she was a foreigner from time to time.

[Old Fart]

"What she said was that she was very sorry, that she meant no disrespect, that she was trying to make a creative expression of her love for the country," Hickenlooper said."
BULLSH*T!, she knew exactly what she was doing and she knew that anybody who objected would be labeled as "Racist".
THIS is the National Anthem!
YouTube - The Cactus Cuties sing The National Anthem Old Video
And it does my heart good to know that at least there are 5 little White girls in this country that still know the words.

[Snowden]

It's absolutely outrageous to substitute words in the National Anthem! If this makes me racist, so be it. However, it's quite obvious that the "jazz singer" is the one who is racist to have put in her own words in the first place.

[leobold1]

Of course you're racist. You're white.

Mrs. Marie isn't, though, since she's not white, no matter what song she said. We have to be more diverse and accepting of other cultures and their their customs.

This post was written with said tongue in aforementioned cheek.

[Woodmonkey]

Well, the racist tag isn't sticking in this case. People are concentrating on what she actually did.

[ptco911]

Does the name Michelle Obama ring a bell. If Obama is elected, race relations in this country will be set back 40 years.

[Snowden]

They've already harmed race relations, this "man who will unite" America and his "finally-for-the-first-time-in-her-life" proud wife.