Colin Kaepernick, by deciding to sit as protest during the National Anthem, has uncovered a lot of truths about race in America.
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While the world turns, headlines across the country have focused in on San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his current protest hoping to bring attention to racial inequality.
San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick is facing both praise and criticism as he decides to kneel during the National Anthem in an act of protest.
Kaepernick and 49ers safety Eric Reid knelt side-by-side during the anthem, and two other teammates, Antoine Bethea and Eli Harold, raised their fists in support.
‘South Park” roasts San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick with a new “national anthem’ in the September 13 season 20 premiere, following Colin’s controversial decision to kneel during the national anthem at games.
Baltimore Orioles player Adam Jones knows why the Major League Baseball has not protested the national anthem like the NFL.
“He believes in what he believes in, ‘ and as a man of faith, as an American who has rights, who am I to say he’s wrong?Kaepernick is not disrespecting the military”. Liberty and justice for all.
“The American flag and national anthem and all that, when you dig deeper, that part of it is not why I (decide to) stand”.
“The players went the way we thought”, Berman said, perhaps unaware that Britt and Quinn had joined the protest given coach Jeff Fisher’s wish that his team stand as one.
Kaepernick has been making headlines that has kicked off a heated debate within the NFL after he declined to stand during the playing of the national anthem ahead of a preseason game on August 26. Because why? Because I’m speaking up for people who don’t have the voice.
Kaepernick has the right to protest peacefully under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Veterans were also showing their support for his right to protest via #VeteransForKaepernick on Twitter. “So I’m using it in a respectful manner”, said Jones.
A statement from the Chiefs players after the game said: “It was our goal to be unified as a team and to be respectful of everyone’s opinions, and the remembrance of 9/11”.
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“More than half of my life was living – I don’t want to say in poverty – but living in the inner city”.
