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Philip Miller and Amit Chaudhuri have reworked national anthems to reflect the impact of history on official music.
The Black Lives Matter movement reminds us that using national anthems at sporting events is often insensitive and whitewashes the prevalence of racism in sport.
Primary school children in France will now have to learn and sing La Marseillaise. But for many people, it is racist and xenophobic.
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