LA Times Article Calls To Cancel, Replace ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

An article published in the Los Angeles Times Tuesday said that the “Star-Spangled Banner” should be replaced by Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me.”

LA Times contributor Jody Rosen cited “viral posts on social media” which said the anthem is racist, and argued it is aesthetically a bad song in the article. Rosen concluded saying the message of “Lean on Me” can be a foundation for a “decent” society.

“If the point of a national anthem is to provide a mnemonic, a reminder in music and words of the ideas and values that this place is supposed to stand for, you could do worse than ‘Lean on Me,’” Rosen wrote.

He continued: “It’s a message you could build something on, a pretty solid foundation for a decent society. It can bear the load.”