Bloomington North apologizes to student over National Anthem flap – Source: 13 wthr.com

Bloomington – An Indiana high school is taking action after one of its students was criticized for the way she sang the National Anthem at a home basketball game.

On the basketball court, Shai Warfield-Cross plays her way. And now before sporting events at Bloomington North, she can sing her way too. (Read more)

Note: Did not see anything wrong with how this student sung the anthem. I think she did a wonderful job. I wonder should the question be that everyone should sing the anthem in the same tune and sound just like each other. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

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An Indiana school district that told a black teenager to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a "traditional way" after receiving complaints about her performance is drawing questions now about whether the complaints and directive were racially motivated.

Shai Warfield-Cross, 16, has performed the national anthem at sports events at Bloomington High School North over the last year without incident. But school officials said they received complaints about her performance during a game in Martinsville. (Read more)

Note: This is so sad. I don’t see anything wrong with how the young lady sung the anthem. It appeared that everyone I could see clapped and had a smile on their face.

I have seen a many students black and white sing the anthem and they all had their own way of singing it. I videoed 5 basketball games middle and high school this past week and several of the games the anthem was sung. Last night I attended a game at Fayetteville State University and the band played the anthem. C. Dancy II – The DCN Publisher

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