I remember growing up and feeling a distance from my tribe as they kept putting us in the victim mode. Yes, we suffered from the greatest travesty in modern history the “Holocaust” but was that the identity we wanted to portray, especially in this country? No, I wanted to identify as a person who can conquer the hate where-ever it might come from and unify with my beloved country. The national anthem brought us all together whatever our stipes, struggles or history our peoples have gone through even if the path could be bumpy at times. I wonder my African American brothers look in this mirror too when the Black National Anthem is playing.