Bill Maher schools Whoopi Goldberg on Black national anthem

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Bill Maher schools Whoopi Goldberg on Black national anthem: 'Separate but equal' is out of step! Maher argued against the NFL playing two anthems before games, calling it 'segregation... under a different name' "Real Time" host Bill Maher doubled down on his opposition to the Black national anthem and offered a scathing response to "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg, who criticized his argument. "If we have two anthems, why not three? Or five? Why not a women's anthem? A Latino anthem? A gay, trans, Indigenous Peoples, an Asian and Pacific Islander anthem? Because 'I'm not dealing with you, I'm not speaking to you' is not a way you can run a country and most people of all backgrounds understand that already and don't even want to try to do it that way," Maher said. Earlier this month, Maher slammed the NFL for its inclusion of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," suggesting that while he's open to a new anthem for the U.S., playing the Black national anthem alongside "The Star-Spangled Banner" at each football game is "segregation … under a different name." BILL MAHER SAYS WOKE LIBERALS HAVE “LOST PERSPECTIVE”: @WhoopiGoldberg, @sarahaines, and @JoyVBehar react to him commenting on the Black national anthem being played at Thursday’s NFL game, calling two anthems “segregation” “under a different name.” http://abcn.ws/3BYLf6X "The program 'The View' last week devoted a lot of time to this while somehow avoiding what I actually said," Maher said. "It seemed to be a lot about a need to school me about the Black national anthem itself. Whoopi Goldberg said, quote, ‘We’re having to re-educate people.' Because nothing ever goes wrong when you start talking about re-education. Just ask Chairman Mao. Maybe we can set up some sort of camps." Calling himself an "old school liberal," the HBO star defended the "crazy idea" that "segregating by race is bad." And while he reiterated that the U.S. should get rid of "The Star-Spangled Banner," he firmly argued there "has to be just one" anthem since, after all, it's a "national anthem." BILL MAHER RAILS AGAINST NFL OVER BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM: IT'S ‘SEGREGATION’ UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME!' "Symbols of unity matter. And purposefully fragmenting things by race reinforces a terrible message that we are two nations hopelessly drifting apart from each other. That's not where we were even ten years ago and it's not where we should be now," Maher told his audience, which responded with applause.