The San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback initially sat and then kneeled when The Star-Spangled Banner was played before preseason games. In Norfolk, Virginia, almost the entire Maury High football team “took a knee” before a game.
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Victor Oladipo, who was traded from the Orlando Magic to the Oklahoma City Thunder this summer, believes it’s something we’ll see in the National Basketball Association during the upcoming season and explained his reasoning in an interview with Russ Bengtson of Complex Sports. Tell me again how this is a cry for attention and fame?
Thats not what many critics are telling him and others who have joined Kaepernick. The impact that Kaepernick’s civil disobedience will have on younger athletes, and even students, will be vast, especially as he remains steadfast.
Defend the “stars and stripes”. One of the most notable cases involves 49er fans filming themselves setting their jerseys on fire.
This is my question to those who are still questioning Kaepernick’s actions: when will you address what he is saying?
Detractors accuse protesting players of being unpatriotic or disrespecting the American flag.
You’re white. You don’t get to be an expert on what life is like for black people in America, or to marginalize their struggles for equality.
Orange County Public Schools officials said it has interpreted state law to treat the national anthem like the Pledge of Allegiance. His patriotism, even as expressed in oftentimes violent, discriminatory language and aspirational policies, shares the same obsessive devotion to the state as that of many other lawmakers and laypersons who may not share his politics.
Because what is less patriotic than violence against innocent Americans?
The United States is a great country.
It’s probably too late to change the national anthem for Thursday night’s Jets-Bills game, but if Congress works quickly and actually appoints J.J. Abrams to change the national anthem, the NFL could make these South Park changes a reality by Sunday. “Our power comes with a responsibility to lead”.
Obama said that the football player was “exercising his constitutional right”, noting that there has been a long history of sports figures making political statements.
Four Dolphins kneeled on the sideline with their hands on their hearts as The Star Spangled Banner played in Seattle: running back Arian Foster, safety Michael Thomas, wide receiver Kenny Stills and linebacker Jelani Jenkins.
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Clearly, Kaepernick’s protest came during the dead of the National Basketball Association offseason, but given the recent history of protest by National Basketball Association players, Oladipo’s prediction doesn’t appear to be far-fetched.
