Vanessa Williams spark backlash over ‘Black national anthem’
'This isn’t unity… it’s division'
What is going on!!! "We’re witnessing the unraveling of E pluribus unum in real time," former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright fumed, referencing the traditional motto of the United States, which is Latin for "Out of many, one."
"The consequences will be dire," Dean Wright warned.
Other social media critics also railed against the decision to perform two anthems.
"I didn’t get the memo, we have a new anthem? And what was wrong with our original one?" one Twitter user responded to the announcement.
"What? I thought we were ALL Americans?! Now divided by color? What happened to one nation, under God, indivisible? Talk about dividing us…" another said.