The Star-Spangled Banner

However, the current events of NFL athletes have been taking a knee during the National Anthem. The president has recently been caught in the action saying, “Very important that NFL players STAND tomorrow, and always, for the playing of our National Anthem. Respect our Flag and our Country!” This has been one battle that has been going on back and forth since the start of the season. This controversy seems like it will continue until the NFL makes a change. The players have said that they will not

Breaking the mold Tradition reigns supreme in the beloved American pastime of professional sports. Activities like singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and watching Sunday Night Football together add to the rallying sense of community that professional sports offer to fans. Tradition rarely causes controversy. However, the pre-game tradition of playing of the national anthem has recently evolved into a platform that athletes are using to demonstrate personal beliefs. Protestors of the national

Is the Kneeling Protest Needed or Disrespectful Professional athletes protesting the National Anthem has sparked controversy among American citizens causing a massive debate as to whether or not this protest is a disrespectful protest or a protest that is greatly needed in America. In my eyes, NFL players protesting the National Anthem is needed as the unity and equality that the National Anthem stands for is nonexistent. I stand with the NFL players protesting the National Anthem and I will tell

We march on out to the stadium, the percussion player taps on his snare every so gently, with the flick of his rist he plays a beat and our feet roll in time against the pavement. The band looks uniform, like marching soldiers. People line up against the curb, moving their eyes with our steps, as they bend a curve on their face in joy. When we arrive to the stadium we halt in step placing the right foot down and the left foot following. The drum majors blows thier whistles and dismiss us from

NFL players are kneeling during the national anthem. The protest that has been ongoing since last season is finally getting some attention albeit mostly negative. Since mentioned by Trump there are many sides to this story, people are saying it’s disrespectful to kneel in protest while others are joining the protest themselves. John Legend, the author of “The NFL Protests Are Patriotic,” would take a knee if he had the chance. Legend believes that the protests are just another stepping stone to creating

Today, people protest racial discrimination by kneeling to the national anthem played at the beginning of sports events broadcasted throughout the country. To some, this is disrespectful and unnerving, but to others this is a step forward. However, the subject of the matter runs deeper than the posture one maintains when paying respect to their country. Why? Why stand, kneel, sit, lie down, sing, or remain silent at a sports event while the national anthem is playing? This group of individuals kneels

Kneeling during the national anthem has gotten bigger than I would ever thought it could be. It was 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick who started the trend last year to protest police brutality. He first took a knee during the national anthem people thought he was the most disrespectful person ever. Some fans boo’d him when he came into stadiums, some even burned his jersey. I find it hard to believe that people support the movement when other teams started to do it but just last year they hated

Although some people may consider the future of America to be fifty years away and some may think of it to be five thousand years away, my hope for the future would not change. America is a great place that gives everyone everyday opportunities to succeed, grow, and learn. Some people, however, have those opportunities taken away from them because simply because of the things other citizens do. That is why, my hopes for the future would be to have peace throughout the whole nation. I want this so

Since the new Donald J. Trump took office in the white house we have been seeing tension between people of color and whites. This tension has escalated ever since, manifesting in various forms, most notably would be police brutality and the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Trump claims to not be racist but his words, ideals and actions say otherwise. Trump held a rally in Huntsville, Alabama on September 22nd to endorse Luther Strange for on the primary election. What began as an already bad endorsement

In this paper, I will describe and justify the values of Afrocentrism by giving my point of view on cultural hegemony to eventually analyze my artifact. The topic of racism and police brutality is a widely universal issue that can be addressed through my own experiences in life. In my experiences through sport, I have been able to have first-person access and exposure to cultural differences having a direct reflection on my central argument which will be stated in my analysis/social-political conclusion