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Players around National Football League join Colin Kaepernick’s protest
San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick started a controversy when he began the protests against injustice and police brutality by refusing to stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner” during preseason games.
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Statistically, Jones’ assessment holds up.
There are just 69 African-Americans on opening-day rosters and disabled lists this season, according to USA Today, as opposed to 68 percent of the players in the National Football League and 74 percent in the NBA.
Patriotism and social injustice in Kaepernick’s case are two separate discussions.
“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color”, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick declared last month, explaining why he chose not to stand during the national anthem on August 26.
Like it or not, for a large number of people Sunday afternoon is probably not the best time they want to think about hard, thorny issues like discrimination and racial prejudice.
Add iconic Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton to the growing list of people critical of NFL players protesting the national anthem. That’s why they go fight.
So Jones has chosen to stand for the anthem.
The announcer of the Friday night football game at McKenzie High School in Alabama’s Butler County had something to say to those who may choose not to stand for the national anthem.
“Sitting or kneeling down during the national anthem is a disgrace to those people who have served and now serve our country”, Upton wrote as a caption to a photo of the aforementioned Dolphins kneeling.
“I’ve seen Kaepernick called the N-word just because he’s being sensitive to what has happened to African-Americans in this country”, he said.
However, people should stop thinking about if it’s right or wrong and address the situation that he is protesting, so that if there is a problem, it can be dealt with, solved, and we can all move on like adults.
“The outside world doesn’t really respect athletes unless they talk about what they want them to talk about”, Jones said. “Society doesn’t think we deserve the right to have an opinion on social issues. The United States was not just made up of one race”. But because Donald Trump is a billionaire, he can say whatever he wants, because he’s older and has more money? Many of those leading the protests are black and brown students who have grown up with images of young people who look like them being shot and killed by police.
Jones has done well this season when he’s “stuck to sports”.
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Meanwhile, Jones is speaking out against the double standard he sees in how people of color are treated when they speak out vs. other noteworthy figures and how athletes are often told to “stick to sports”. Goodell offered praise for the players and their exercise of free-speech rights on NBC’s Today yesterday in an interview with Matt Lauer. Goodell could levy fines since it’s against National Football League rules to wear special shoes that don’t match teams’ uniforms.