Kneeling

bench during the national anthem of a football game. Recently, more and more football players and coaches have been kneeling during the national anthem. In a pro football game in London, 3 players for the Miami Dolphins were spotted kneeling on the sideline. May other teams in the nfl were also spotted kneeling during the national anthem. The reason many players claim to be kneeling is because they believe that african americans are being treated unfairly and pushed into a lower status than white

Many National Football League players started kneeling during the National Anthem to protest the injustices against African Americans, police brutality, respect, unity, and equal opportunity. They are protesting with untrue statements, such as police brutality. In 2016, 233 African Americans were shot by police, but the vast majority were armed and dangerous. Only 16 African American male victims of police shootings were unarmed. In 2015, a police officer was 18.5 times more likely to be killed by

protest in modern day America is kneeling during the National Anthem, started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. I will be discussing why Kaepernick started taking a knee, how the NFL reacted to the kneeling, as well as how the world has perceived kneeling. The question has long lived, why did Colin Kaepernick begin kneeling and sitting during the national anthem. Kaepernick started kneeling to protest police brutality, “He’s out there kneeling for my son and your son and my

football players to stand, everyone in America is a free person, and that means they can honor the flag however they want. In the first place, football players should have the choice to stand or kneel. In the article Athletes, activists spar on kneeling National Anthem protests, it says, “Defenders argue that they are exercising free speech by not participating in the anthem while standing with their hands over their hearts” (Tantum). By exercising free speech, they are showing people that no one

I am interested in pursing the controversy sparked by the kneeling of NFL players during the national anthem. I chose this topic because I am an NFL fan and interested in the responses generated towards this action. The things I will research are the rules of kneeling in NFL games to see if the players are technically allowed to kneel during the national anthem. I would research the purpose of the kneeling of NFL players, what protest it symbolizes, and how it started. To fully understand this topic

players kneeling during the National Anthem? Well I have. And it’s not very cool. NFL players shouldn’t protestrest by kneeling during the National Anthem. Because they’re disrespecting our country, the players kneeling is causing viewers to boycott the NFL, and the players are a distraction to the other players. People are starting to boycott the NFL do to NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem. If people don’t watch the games the players don’t get money. The players who are kneeling are

today and all of the people that are divided it’s important for people with a voice to speak out for those that don’t, the problem with Kaepernick’s situation is that by kneeling during the national anthem at the football games he’s protesting while at work. I understand why he is kneeling and I also understand that he is kneeling during the game to bring awareness to his cause but at the end of the day he is protesting while at work. I’m not saying he should be fired, in fact I’m saying the opposite

this in a personal way because they have family members or loved ones in the military. Kneeling during the National Anthem shows disrespect to our military, our citizens, and our nation. One reason Americans are distressed is they have family members or loved ones who have died in the wars for our country, and kneeling during the anthem shows disrespect to our soldiers and veterans. The players that are kneeling are showing that they don’t care about the sacrifices our military makes on a daily basis

about how the protests are simply representations of their freedom of expression and that people should stop focusing on the anthem and start focusing on the reasons for the protest. She even speculates that majority of people who complain about kneeling are the same ones in the stands of sporting events looking at their phones, which is a form of disrespect to the flag. So, you can start to see that the same people who worship the flag commit actions that devalues its worth in America as well. The

that can take on many forms. Social injustice is a problem worldwide. An example of people protesting social injustice is NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem. Many players decided to kneel but that was generally frowned upon and a lot of players stopped doing this. The first player to do this was Colin Kaepernick, Kaepernick said the reason he was kneeling was because “I am not going to stand up to show pride to a country that oppresses black people and people of color” (Wyche). He eventually