kneeling during the national anthem
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Yes, Baby, Yes: Remember That Shelved Controversial Black-ish Episode? It's Now Available on Hulu
2020 is unprecedented-ish. Remember back in 2017, a mysterious Black-ish episode titled “Please, Baby, Please” (based on the Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee children’s book of the same name) became wrapped in some controversy because of its reported politically-charged themes? It caused such a ruckus, and I pretty much figured the episode would never…
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‘Get the Hell Out the Country’: Mike Ditka’s Views on Kneeling During the Anthem Are Still Pretty Wypipo Basic
A lot of white people are still very much under the impression that the United States of America is their country and theirs alone. They respond to anyone who doesn’t fall in line with their ideals and traditions to “get out of my country” or “go back where you came from” as if they were…
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Giants Manager Kneels During National Anthem and Trump Is a Crybaby-Ass Snowflake About It
You know why Trump supporters refuse to admit that y’all’s president is racist? Because they are him and he is them. On every issue—whether it be abortion rights, gun rights, LGBT rights, religious rights, racist monuments or Black Lives to Matter—the conservative narrative will certainly be echoed by the Lord of the Goya Beans and…
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Crystal Dunn Was Afraid She'd Lose Her Career If She Kneeled With Megan Rapinoe
In recent years, when a black athlete takes a political stance they’re typically met with some variation of “shut up and dribble,” from media pundits and pressed white fans. It’s understandable that American soccer player Crystal Dunn had complicated emotions when her teammate Megan Rapinoe decided to kneel. Dunn said she had a fear that…
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Wait—Did Mr. All-American Tom Brady Tell Oprah He Has ‘Respect’ for Players Taking a Knee?
I begrudgingly have to admit that Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback I love to hate, is now less hated in the cockles of my heart because of a recent comment Mr. All-American made about the NFL protests. The pretty boy, who was at least at one time friendly with President Donald Trump—but who…
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Black Firefighter Being Burned for Kneeling During the National Anthem
Add this to the list of things you cannot do while being black: exercise your First Amendment rights. Oh, wait. The NFL already made that a thing, right? A black firefighter in Chicago is being burned at the stake by his peers and local journalists alike after he made the decision to kneel on the…