Why did Colin Kaepernick decide to #TakeAKnee? Because US Army veteran and NFL player Nate Boyer reached out to Kap and suggested doing it as a form of respectful protest.
— VoteVets @votevets Sept 4, 2018
It took less than 24 hours for a Nike protestor to end up in the hospital. He burned the Nike Shoes.... While. Still. Wearing. Them. #JustDoIt
— Michael Tannenbaum @iamTannenbaum Sept 4, 2018
My name is #Mustard and I stand for the #flag and to honer @bigandrich and their Soundman & the Prresident I am going to burn my #Nike shoes!!!!!!!!!
— Phil Braun @playazball Sept 3, 2016
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I am in the hospital
👏 👏 👏 @Nike ❤️ @Kaepernick7
Kaepernick will be one of the faces of Nike's 30th anniversary commemoration of its iconic "Just Do It" slogan. The campaign will also feature athletes such as Serena Williams, NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., and Shaquem Griffin, a rookie linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks whose left hand was amputated when he was a child.
The company also drew fire from Fox Sports Radio host Clay Travis, who called the Kaepernick campaign "pathetic," and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who tweeted, "I guess @Nike will now focus on making knee pads for NFL."
#TakeAKnee was NEVER about the flag #TakeTheKnee was NEVER about the anthem
#IKneelWithKaepernick #RacialJustice #SocialJustice
“It’s not surprising that when there’s an anthem protest, you see HBCUs at the forefront of the resistance, because that’s where we’ve always been,”
“H.B.C.U.s are a space of nurture, where you can be surrounded by black excellence, black genius, and black excellence and brilliance can become normalized. And also black resistance can become normalized.”
- Marc Lamont Hill, a Temple University professor
Players Unite #BLM #RacialJustice #ResistTrump
As Kap’s message has now been distorted, co-opted and used to further divide us along the very racial lines he was highlighting, we as players have a responsibility to come together and respond collectively.
So here’s my idea:
Let’s open up a line of communication just between us, and be ready to respond with one voice as players. Let’s transcend the “natural” divisions that have been defined by the league and sanitized by a fictional narrative of competition above all else.
"Taking a knee at an NFL game was never about the flag or the military. That's what the president wants you to believe. It gives his insulting 'sons of bitches' comment cover. A comment that not only insults hardworking professional men, but tries to drag their mothers down to his level, as well. Taking a knee is a constitutionally protected expression. It falls within league rules. Period. If anyone actually believes this is about the flag, then you must believe Rosa Parks' protest was about a bus."
"Here's what this is about. It's about focusing attention on racial injustice. It's about challenging our country to extend the promise of that flag to all citizens, including the citizens whose ancestors were slaves. You may not agree with Colin Kaepernick or the scores of players who take a knee or took a knee this weekend, and that is OK. You don't have to agree with them. But that's not really the point here. No American gets to tell another American how to express their love for this country."
Dr. Harry Edwards on why he thinks football player Colin Kaepernick should be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Read the full interview here. (via democracynow)
Trump would go mentally ballistic if Kaepernick was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize #TakeAKnee #BLM #RacialJustice #SocialJustice
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Trump and Trump Supporters hate is skin deep #GOPcomplicit
Michael Hayden: In Trump versus NFL, standing up for free speech | TheHill (General Hayden is the former director of the CIA and the National Security Agency)
❤ Hayden defending the Constitution. Patriotic Americans are UNITED
#TakeAKnee tweets slaughtered Trump’s #BoycottNFL by 2.1 MILLION to 390k
The Resistance is Real #ResistTrump #SaveDemocracy
ThinkProgress tracked the protests that spread across the country. The following tweets are from Lindsay Gibbs - Sep 26 2017
1. It's been 13 months since Kaepernick's protest first made headlines. Today, TP launches database of the movement: https://thinkprogress.org/kaepernick-effect-database-b2f50ca7277f/ …
2. This database is interactive and searchable. There is a form to alert us to protests we've missed. #takeaknee
3. Thanks to @ofosuuu, we were able to visualize the data and see how the Kaepernick effect spread. #takeaknee https://thinkprogress.org/inside-our-sports-protest-tracking-3f35187ef670/ …
4.The protest morphed as it spread to high schools and colleges and youth groups. It morphed post-Trump. #takeaknee
7. The scope of what Kaepernick inspired gets lost in the trivial debates -- over 3,500 people in over 200 protests.
8. Because of @Kaepernick7, students all over the country are having tough talks about police brutality and racism. https://thinkprogress.org/kaepernick-effect-database-b2f50ca7277f/ …
