Gwen Berry — a black track athlete who turned away from the American flag after coming in third place at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials on Saturday — claimed that she did so because the national anthem, which was playing, is “disrespectful” to black Americans.
“If you know your history, you know the full song of the national anthem. The third paragraph speaks to slaves in America — our blood being slain … all over the floor,” Berry claimed during an interview this week. “It’s disrespectful, and it does not speak for black Americans.”
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