nfl national anthem protests
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Why They Kneel: New York City and Atlanta Prove Everything You Know About Jim Crow Is Wrong
To examine the injustice and inequality that prompted some NFL players to protest during the national anthem, each week, for the remainder of the NFL season, The Root will explore the data behind racial disparities in the two cities represented in the National Football League’s premiere matchup—Monday Night Football. Tonight, the New York Giants travel…
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In the Absence of Colin Kaepernick, Is Malcolm Jenkins the New Face of NFL Player Protests?
Two years after Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid began kneeling during the national anthem as a silent form of protest against the extrajudicial killing of black people by the police, Malcolm Jenkins is being put forth as the new face of NFL player protests. In a recent profile done by the Washington Post, the 30-year-old…
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Colin Kaepernick – 1, NFL – 0
Colin Kaepernick won the first of many fights in his legal battle against the NFL on Thursday when the arbitrator in the case denied the NFL’s request to dismiss the grievance entirely. Sports Illustrated reports that the NFL specifically requested a summary judgment phase in hopes that Kaepernick’s collusion case against the organization would be…
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Senate Candidate Beto O’Rourke Defends NFL Players Right to Kneel: ‘I Can Think of Nothing More American’
During a campaign appearance last week, Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who’s battling incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, a.k.a. grownup Eddie Munster, for the U.S. Senate, answered a question about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem and if it was disrespectful. “My short answer is no, I don’t think it’s disrespectful,” O’Rourke said in a video…