There’s the potential at this juncture for bold black athletes to blend many identity issues and address concerns about Mother Earth simultaneously.
— Organizer for the 2016 Facing Race national conference, which will take place November 10-12 in Atlanta, Georgia.
(ANTIMEDIA) Colin Kaepernick set the internet ablaze with his stance, or kneel, against the national anthem at a pre-season football game last month. Since his lone act, others have joined in the viral protest, from an entire NFL team to high school football players.
People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don’t know is what what they do does.
― Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
The Colin Kaepernick National Anthem media-storm raises a number of issues that have yet to be addressed in the MSM, and I just wonder whether maybe now isn’t the time to introduce some of them before it’s too late and the story is pushed aside by the flood of October Surprises that will surely dominate the hottest month of the election cycle. And so here are three antinomian issues you may find worthy of studied consideration . . . or raging ridicule.
Before a football game against the Green Bay Packers two weeks ago, Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, refused to stand for the pre-game patriotic ceremony that is wound around the singing of the “Star Spangled Banner.”
RT | September 8, 2016 At least some members of the American football franchise plan to follow the example of Colin Kaepernick and stage a protest against police brutality during the national anthem, at the upcoming Week 1 game in Seattle. “Anything we want to do, it’s not going to be individual. It’s going to […]
Why is violating a sports ritual such a big deal?
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the national anthem in protest against U.S. oppression of “black people and people of color,” a concern underscored by the origins of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” writes Sam Husseini. By Sam Husseini…Read more →
(ANTIMEDIA) In this episode of Reality Check, journalist Ben Swann explores the origins of the National Anthem and debunks the outrage directed at Colin Kaepernick for not standing up for it. This video may leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the situation.
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(ANTIMEDIA) San Francisco 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines this week for not standing during the national anthem at a preseason NFL game against the Green Bay Packers. Predictably, outraged Americans have spewed vitriol in Kaepernick’s direction ever since he engaged in his benign protest. Former fans of the 2011 2nd round draft pick have taken their emotional fury to social media to show their disapproval of the quarterback’s action (or lack thereof).
