Christine Sun Kim Slams Fox Sports for Omitting Portion of Her Sign Language Anthem at Super Bowl

Christine Sun Kim is speaking out after feeling snubbed during her American Sign Language performance of the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” atSuper BowlLIV on Sunday.

“As a child of immigrants, a grandchild of refugees, aDeafwoman of color, an artist and a mother, I was proud to perform the national anthem and ‘America the Beautiful’ in American Sign Language at the opening of the Super Bowl on Sunday,” she wrote.

“On what was supposed to be a ‘bonus feed’ dedicated to my full performance on the Fox Sports website,the cameras cut awayto show close-ups of the players roughly midway through each song,” she wrote.

“Why have a sign language performance that is not accessible to anyone who would like to see it? It’s 2020,” she continued.

Fox Sports did not immediately respond to a request for comment from PEOPLE.

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“I thought the same. I was looking forward to watching that signing. Very disappointing!” one person responded. “Yes! I was disappointed they didn’t show her beautiful work throughout the whole song,” another added.

“You are a tireless advocate for equity [sic] and I applaud you for calling them out on this!!!!” a third person wrote.

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Throughout Kim’s emotional op-ed, she expressed the hurt she felt following her performance.

“Being deaf in America has always been political, and I needed to process some internal conflict before accepting,” she wrote. “I knew that some musical artists had refused opportunities to perform at the game last year in support of Colin Kaepernick. I wondered whether I should do the same.”

The performer concluded her piece with a call to action.

“I had hoped to provide a public service for deaf viewers, and believed that my appearance might raise awareness of the systemic barriers and the stigmas attached to our deafness — and move some people to action,” she wrote. “I hope that despite the failure of Fox to make the performance accessible to all, it did do that.”

source: people.com