...Is Colin Kaepernick’s protest right or wrong? Colin Kaepernick has been making a peaceful protest against Trump. People of color are being treated unkindly and something has to change according to Kaepernick. It isn’t wrong to stand up for what you believe in? The answer is no it’s not. Kaepernick is just standing up for something he believes in.Colin Kaepernick was trying to make a change for the better. For example, sometimes the right thing is standing up for what you believe in. In an article by Tim Wendel, it is said that “Gregg Popovich coaches the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s San Antonio Spurs. He said he absolutely understands why Kaepernick and other protestors are doing what they're doing. "The important thing that Kaepernick and others have done is to keep it in the conversation.” This shows that when you keep showing people they have to talk about to make people notice. It also shows that without the protest most would have just passed over the subject. It means if you keep pushing the subject out there it will become more relevant to other people and not just leaving it in the dust. When you leave a subject in the dirt people will bury it. Sometimes making a passed over topic can bring new light....
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...movement continued to protest and fight for equal rights. Over time, they have become more unpopular for blocking off highways and interrupting presidential speeches. This has led to some black protests without directly mentioning the movement. This essay will examine Colin Kaepernick’s protests during the national anthem and the responses received as well as the impact his actions have had across the country. Colin Kaepernick is a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He began the 2016 preseason by sitting down during the national anthem. For the first two games, he mostly went unnoticed. It was the third game that people started notice. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick explained. “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” For the remainder of the season, Kapernick continued to protest during the national anthem. He later switched from sitting to kneeling out of respect for veterans and those serving in the military. Many of the reactions Kaepernick...
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...Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, and now Colin Kaepernick has stood up for their rights. The freedom of speech has improved leadership through the years. Many citizens of America has been calling Kaepernick’s action as disrespecting the flag and the history of America. Donald Trump, a politician running for president, called Kaepernick,“an outsider and should find another place to call home.” Kaepernick was right to kneel during the national anthem because it is a protest without violence,reveals the truth of America, and takes advantages of the freedom of speech. It is important to realize that Colin Kaepernick’s intentions were to help people who were afraid to come out and stand up for their own rights. Stated by Colin Kaepernick,...
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...NFL players should not be allowed to protest during the national anthem, they should just do it on their own time. A league that has no problem with fineing its players for wearing the incorrect socks, shoes, or even twerking after a touchdown is now silent on the topic that players must standing during the singing of the national anthem. The same organization that would not allow their players to honor the police officers who lost their lives in Dallas, has no actual policy on whether or not it is acceptable for someone dressed in an NFL uniform to chill during the Star-Spangled Banner. The NBA which is typically considered the most player friendly association in all of north american sports, has a very specific rule on the national anthem, According to Chi (2017) “Players, coaches,...
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...sports fans all across America discuss this at their Sunday football parties. Americans around the world try to find the reasoning behind kneeling some saying it's disrespectful towards soldiers fighting for our country others saying he was exercising his first amendment rights. As we argue over his actions we seem to lose sight of what kaepernick was really protesting for. Media coverage and news articles of Colin Kaepernick tended towards the use of bias point of views combined with historical facts to determine the reasoning behind Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the National Anthem. Last football season Colin Kaepernick and his teammate,Eric Reid decided to kneel during...
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...Last NFL season Colin Kaepernick decided to protest racial injustice in the U.S by taking a knee during the national anthem before his games. This local movement quickly sparked discussions across conservative media who “ignored Kaepernick’s stated intentions and instead accused him of being unpatriotic and disrespectful of the American flag” (Illing 2018) However, this was not what brought Kaepernick to news headlines. The controversy exploded when President Donald Trump responded to the situation by saying, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners ... say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. He’s fired!’ (Graham 2017). Overall the NFL protests demonstrate how the snowballing turmoil of a country can make its way into...
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...of people's skin. More NFL players are beginning to stand up for their own beliefs by taking a knee when the National Anthem is played. As this protest was started by Colin Kaepernick, who was the first to kneel. This has lead to more media discussion about racism, all for he didn’t feel as equal to others. Specifically, with Colin Kaepernick’s actions, people began to realize that they felt the same way about racism and equality, which has now turned into a huge discussion across the nation and even in the media's views. Although some...
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...protesting during the national anthem. The protests have sparked a flurry of both support and opposition, with some praising athletes for being brave enough to publicly take a stand for what is right, and others harshly criticizing athletes and labeling them as brattish and disrespectful. Some have even gone as far as sending death threats. Making it mandatory for athletes to stand may seem like a simple solution, but it comes with its own set of problems. Requiring athletes to stand for the national anthem,...
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...the right to free speech and expression which became extremely limited under British governance. This current debate over sitting or kneeling which has been very divisive for our country. It dates back to 2016 when Colin Kaepernick rejected to stand during the ¨Star-Spangled Banner¨ to protest racial injustice in the U.S. Contrary to Kaepernick intentions, Donald Trump says that kneeling during the anthem is unpatriotic and that anyone who opposes risks losing a job. Amateur and professional athletes alike refuse to stand for the national anthem of a country that...
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...During my 9:10am English class is we disscused a controversial topic this Monday. The topic at hand was Colin Kaepernick decison to take a knee durning the national anthem. It was a heated debate, both sides took their stand and great thoughts were shared. However, as it turns out most of the class including my professor, viewed Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protests as injust. His goal is to raise awareness of police brutality andI racial inequality. He does not want to stand up to a flag or a country were african american are being killed by the justice department. “The message is that we have a lot of issues in this country that we need to deal with,’’ said Kaepernick. He thinks we have many oppresed people. I think he's right...
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...Colin Kaepernick’s Movement Lately, more and more protests have been happening around the United States over the issue of social inequality and the justice for minorities. Celebrities from all over the country have been joining the movement and one celebrity in particular, Colin Kaepernick, has been in the news a lot over the controversy of his protest. Kaepernick has been protesting the misconducts against African-Americans and minorities, by not standing for the national anthem, which I believe is his right as an American. The controversy began in the preseason of the NFL. When the national anthem began to play; instead of standing up Kaepernick took a knee throughtout the anthem. When asked why he took a knee instead of standing, Kaeparnick...
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...United States. So as of August 14, 2016, Kaepernick began to sit out the national anthem in protest (Sandritter). This led to a snowball effect of wrongful discrimination towards most NFL players because of what they did following the Kaepernick events, how the politics got involved,...
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...Imagine you are pumped for the big game. You see people kneeling during the National Anthem, and suddenly you are stressed. All you wanted to do was relax and enjoy the game, but now you have to think about politics. Therefore, kneeling during the National Anthem should be stopped or prevented. Kneeling is a way to express how you feel, but there are much better ways than that, it is also a bad influence, and a football game is a time for patriotism instead of politics. There are many better ways to speak your opinion, compared to kneeling during the National Anthem. “ In 1968 African American runners Tammie Smith and John Carlos led the black power salutes, a political demonstration at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico . There are...
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...Peaceful protest has been a method that has been practiced by many organizations and individuals that has proved the success of the method and has been advantageous to the improvement of society. A form of peaceful protest that has shown to be a success was the technique of peacefully resisting to laws that organizations or individuals saw as unfit. This technique has been used many times before and still today as it is seen as symbolic to many people. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impact a free society proven by the success of Martin Luther King Jr's principle of non violent protest like the Montgomery bus boycott and currently San Francisco's 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protest against the unjustness of police...
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...was legitimate, it didn’t come across very well to the NFL or public. In reality, every person is different, we all agree, disagree, but ultimately we have to do what our beliefs guide us to. It is easy to disagree with someone, it is just as easy to agree. Many people in the NFL believe Colin Kaepernick is being treated unfairly. Some believe Kaepernick’s forum that he chose to protest about racial inequality and other issues are the reason he remains unemployed. Some even think he is being blackballed. Many agree Colin Kaepernick is probably good enough to play in the league. Although he is not the best player out there, they still believe he should have the chance to at least try. In reality the owners of other teams will not have much to do with him because he was an embarrassment on the field....
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