Despite the fact that majority of our senior class is African American, our principal said we can not sing the Black Anthem at our graduation. Our class sponsor said “that song is only sung for black history month”. There will be a Latin speech spoken at graduation, which is pointless because Latin is not even spoken in our country. Finally, the principal’s reasoning for denying the anthem was “we need a song that represents ALL of our students”, but when has the United States ever been considered the “Land of the Free” for African Americans.