nfl national anthem protests
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Dallas Cowboys Owner, Mr. Toe on the Line, Refuses to Talk About Wearing a Hat During the National Anthem
Jerry Jones, the good ole boy owner of the Dallas Cowboys; the spark plug and igniter of racial flames in the NFL; the spouter of the phrase “toe on the line” to explain how all his players would not be protesting during the national anthem—won’t comment on footage showing him wearing his hat as the…
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Cops Encouraged Not to Buy Miami Dolphins Tickets Because Police Hate Free-Thinking Black Men
Well, it looks like America is continuing its long-held tradition of being on the wrong side of black protest as South Florida police officers have been encouraged not to buy tickets to Miami Dolphins games after two players kneeled during the national anthem. According to CBS Sports, the Broward County Police Benevolent Association, much like…
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Mural Depicts Dallas Cowboys' Dak Prescott in 'The Sunken Place' for Anti Protest Comments
Although Michael Jordan’s “Republicans buy sneakers too” (a statement he might not have actually said) is oft-cited as a juxtaposition to the very public activism from many contemporary athletes, he was definitely not the only star of the ‘90s finding oxygen and endorsements behind the both sides shield. Where a person like former Chicago Bulls…
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Dak Prescott Is Every Black Man in Corporate America
Dak Prescott is a black man. He’s also a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, one of the most profitable franchises in all of sports. The Dallas Cowboys is owned by Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones is a white man. He’s also Dak Prescott’s boss. Jones is a Trump-supporting, good ole boy from Arkansas who’s not a…
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NFL Takes Page Out of Trump's Russia Playbook, Moonwalks Back on National Anthem Policy
Despite the fact that some 70 percent of its players are African American, the National Football League is a conglomerate owned by white men that markets itself to white men. So it was no surprise when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and plantation league owners ran out of the tunnel all hyped up to appease their…
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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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Trump Admits the NFL Protests Actually Worked
Donald J. Trump, president of white America; the man who referred to the black mothers of NFL players kneeling for injustice and inequality as “bitches”; the man who painted Colin Kaepernick as anti-American and insinuated that anyone who didn’t stand for the NFL’s paid display of patriotism was an unpatriotic degenerate who didn’t respect the…
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Jim Carrey Excoriates the NFL’s New Policy in One Sweet Tweet
He went on to get more mainstream fame than most of his peers, but, lest we forget, actor Jim Carrey made his bones on In Living Color, a white man in a sea of black comedic icons like David Alan Grier, the Wayans brothers, Tommy Davidson and Jamie Foxx. Unlike the players in the NFL…
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Protesters Challenge NFL’s National Anthem Rule in Front of the Master’s House
Tamika Mallory didn’t leave any wiggle room for misinterpretation when she took the mic after Minister Kirsten John Foy asked the crowd gathered in front of the NFL’s New York City headquarters to be respectful and not to use any foul language. Foy, Northwest regional director for the National Action Network, said that he and…