In some circles, hating America is all the craze right now. Last week, on Independence Day, Grammy Award winner Jill Scott performed a rendition of an altered version of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” focused on her visceral hatred of the United States.
She sang:"Oh, say can you see, by the blood in the streets. This place doesn’t smile on you, colored child. Whose blood built this land with sweat and their hands. But we’ll die in this place and your memory erased. Oh, say, does this truth hold any weight. This is not the land of the free but the home of the slaves.”Essence tweeted a video of Scott singing this, with the caption, “Everyone please rise for the only National Anthem we will be recognizing from this day forward.
There is a reason why millions of people around the world would literally risk death to come to America: It not only represents but is a beacon of hope and opportunity. To blind oneself to that while simultaneously being among the most significant beneficiaries of the opportunities America affords to its citizens is the height of privilege. Deluding oneself into victimhood on this basis is a truly astonishing thing to see.
Those who act as if it is the whole story do not represent the majority of people or even the majority of liberals. But it is an ascendant perspective, particularly among young people, which can make it destructive nonetheless.
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