Can the Star Spangle Banner be considered a racist song/poem? Yes, the Stars Spangled Banner can be and is considered a racist song/poem. In the third stanza of the Stars Spangled Banner, it reads "No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, ". According to History.com, the star spangled banner was written in the year of 1812. In this year the British were at war with the United States because they had a trade disagreement. Also at this time, thanks to pbs.org I now know that the British were setting the American Slaves free from their master's hints why line 21 and 22 reads "No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave". Meaning the British
