OF THE
TIMES
If you don't think it takes guts to stay seated during the National Anthem, then buy a ticket for a major sporting event - let's say, a baseball game - and refuse to stand up when the singing starts. Then you'll see the fur fly. Then you'll see how rankled people get when you don't participate in their patriotic rituals."Yes, I'll continue to sit. I'm going to continue to stand with the people that are being oppressed. To me this is something that has to change. When there's significant change and I feel like that flag represents what it's supposed to represent, and this country is representing people the way that it's supposed to, I'll stand."
— Colin Kaepernick
He's got a point, doesn't he? The killing of black men by cops has reached an epidemic level and yet nothing ever happens. Nothing. The perpetrators conjure up some goofy alibi with the help of their lawyers, and invariably get off scott-free. Every damn time. Why is that? Why can't African Americans get justice in this country? It's sickening and ridiculous at the same time."I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color...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." (C. Kaepernick)
Comment: It doesn't get much worse than this.