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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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Pennsylvania GOP Official Resigns After Calling Protesting NFL Players 'Baboons' and 'Ignorant Blacks' on Facebook
A Republican official in Pennsylvania was forced to resign her post on Friday after it was revealed that she’d written Facebook posts in which she referred to NFL players protesting police brutality during the national anthem as “baboons,” according to The Beaver County Times. Carla Maloney, the Republican Committee of Beaver County’s secretary, wrote the comments on her…