"Happy 4th of July. Let's start with people get fragile America's whole-ass theme music is racist I know more controversial than reparations or taking your wife's last name. I do not care We're having it today The third verse is no refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave Translate that from powder wig racism into regular English. No refuge means no shelter. No protection No safe place the hireling and slave means paid fighters and enslaved people on the British side Terror of flight means fear while running gloom of the grave means death So the anthem says no safe place could save them from running scared or ending up dead That is in the song and now Francis got key sir. What happened? You went to negotiate a prisoner release the British said stay here until we finish bombing Baltimore So you're stuck on their ship watching rockets fly and somehow your smoke is for enslaved black folks trying to get free That is Olympic level American blame-shifter. You got detained by the British And still said you know who I'm mad at black people who ran from slavery Enslaved people heard the British say come over here and you might be free and some said bet America said how dare you escape wrong? And before anybody tells me I'm not patriotic. I'm a United States Navy veteran I was a hospital corpsman Do not lecture me about patriotism until you signed up to stand watch for 12 hours You know what is patriotic calling out hypocrisy that makes recognizing this one of the most patriotic acts you can make today So when you hear the anthem remember black people are doing America a favor by not stopping the cookout for that song History tells us the anthem is trash not because the melody is hard because the moral math is nasty You cannot demand reverence from descendants of people this country enslaved hunted and wrote into the song like the problem that is not patriotism that is Propaganda with a marching band enjoy the fireworks eat the ribs wear the flag shorts But do not ask black people to pretend the song is innocent the third verse does not ruin the anthem it reveals it now Have a happy 4th of July before we take this holiday, too If you're feeling this like share and subscribe and if you want to support the work cash at Marcus feral 20 should America replace The star-spangled banner or is telling the truth about it the first real test"