Alveda King on NAACP Claims National Anthem Is ‘Racist’: It’s Not the Song, We Need a ‘Transformation of the Heart’

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KING: "Good morning, “Fox & friends.” I want to give you this quick little true story. It’s not — I was with some school children yesterday and with adults and parents and the school had been honoring veterans day. The little children were singing the star-spangled banner and it’s a catchy tune and they liked it so the adults all around were tense, including me. And some were like key was a racist which seems to be true if you study that history and all of that and, yet, he was angry that one of his friends had been pulled into the melee into slavery, servitude and all of that so the little kids were what’s wrong with the song? And then it occurred to me it’s not the song. It’s not the flag, it’s not the confederate flags. We are all human beings, we are still fighting and want to bury the hatchet in each other’s back and not take the hatchet out and embrace each other and get healed. The naacp I hope they realize it’s more than a song and changing the song without changing the hearts of the people. We need a blood transfusion. You know, our hearts need to be transformed. My uncle, martin Luther king Jr. Said we have to learn to live together as brothers and I add as sisters, the kids get it it’s not about skin color who was a racist, who wasn’t. The song was horrible, get rid of the song. We can change all of that we can burn our whole country down, please don’t do it. And please honor our veterans. I have veterans in my family. Active military right now. The little children are like what are you people fighting over? What’s wrong with the song? And, of course, how can you explain to a kid don’t sing that anymore in my presence. Stop that right now. It’s just oh, it’s amazing."