Colin Kaepernick refuses “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people”...

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[Trillfate]

How many times are the Devils gonna mention "rich" and "millionaires" ?

 

[The Lonious Monk]

How many times are the Devils gonna mention "rich" and "millionaires" ?

Shit makes no sense since they keep on saying that they aren't doing this for themselves.

 

[Angeles1son85]

Montel Willams was on a local show called "Great Day Washington" explaining his thoughts on the NFL protests.

“In the history of television, I’m the only person to put the U.S. flag in the middle of their set,” said Williams, 61. “That was the flag I’m going to be buried in. But I respect your right to disagree any way you choose to.”

“Our Constitution confirmed that you can burn a flag,” he continued, as tears rolled down his face. “How dare we not allow people to get down on their knees and pray that this country wakes up?”

“I’m sorry, but I see a lot of people opening their big mouths on television,” Williams said. “But their family didn’t serve. They didn’t let their children serve.”

 

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https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/913146022745931776

 

[Trillfate]

How many times are the Devils gonna mention "rich" and "millionaires" ?

Shit makes no sense since they keep on saying that they aren't doing this for themselves.

2 things

The whites are projecting... they're selfish and self serving so they can't fathom a millionaire standing up for others..

And they really think money shields black ppl from racism, which ironically is racism itself

 

[blackrain]

Kaep's lady already beat you to it

 

[marc123]

How many times are the Devils gonna mention "rich" and "millionaires" ?

 

[marc123]

It really pisses me off that the NFL/some of main stream media has spun this into some "unity" bullshit.

Classic bait and switch. Fuckin america smh

 

[So ILL]

It really pisses me off that the NFL/some of main stream media has spun this into some "unity" bullshit.

Classic bait and switch. Fuckin america smh

Yeah, they definitely MLK'd the purpose of kneeling, which was find something they're comfortable with to focus on ("I Have a Dream" and non-violence, opposed to knowledge of self and getting organized to try to fight the system in his later years which is why they killed him). It was about unifying when Kap did it, but that was supposed to be the result of people fighting racism and police brutality. Now its just unifying against Trump being an asshole.

 

[mohamed]

Wow
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZg7JyUDum1/

They took this pic down. What was it?

 

[playmaker88]

It really pisses me off that the NFL/some of main stream media has spun this into some "unity" bullshit.

Classic bait and switch. Fuckin america smh

"I tried to told ya"

 

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http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/senator-russian-trolls-nfl-debate-sow-discord-50135890

Senator: Russian trolls using NFL debate to sow discord

Russian internet trolls are exploiting the controversy over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to stir up divisions in the United States, a Republican on the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday.

Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said paid social media users, or "trolls," were hashtagging "take a knee" and "boycott NFL" to amplify the issue.

"They were taking both sides of the argument this past weekend, and pushing them out from their troll farms as much as they could to try to just raise the noise level in America and to make a big issue seem like an even bigger issue," Lankford said at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.

Lankford's account is the latest sign that Russians are using social media to raise tensions in the United States. Earlier this month, Facebook acknowledged hundreds of fake accounts, probably run from Russia, spent about $100,000 on ads aimed at stoking divisive issues such as gun control and race relations during the election.

As a member of the Senate intelligence committee, Lankford is privy to intelligence that Russian troll farms have used social media to create doubt and chaos in U.S. institutions and government, according to a congressional aide. The aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly, spoke only on condition of anonymity.

The NFL controversy has been a hot topic in the news recently.

President Donald Trump has spent days lashing out at players who kneel during the national anthem, a practice that started with a handful of players to protest racial issues, including police brutality.

Clint Watts, who helped create a website that tracks Russian propaganda on social media, said he can't yet say with certainty that Russian trolls were a major force in the NFL protest debate — after all, plenty of Americans also weighed in. But he suspects Lankford is right.

Watts, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, said it would be consistent with other documented propaganda campaigns that originated in Russia, such as the use of Facebook to push messages for and against the Black Lives Matter movement.

"The goal is heightened tensions," Watts said. "They'll use organic American content to amplify to American audiences. They would much rather use organic American content. It hits the audience better and it's cheaper and more effective."

Trump, who triggered the debate on Friday, is the perfect vehicle for "active measures" campaigns, a Soviet term for information warfare designed to destabilize democracies from the inside, Watts said.

"The Russians can just sit back and say: 'Amplify on both sides. Make people angry.' And it works, man, God, it works," Watts said.

He also said: "The goal is to sow division in America."

 

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http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...lieves-message-colin-kaepernick-protests-lost

Reid says Kaepernick's message has been lost

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- More than a year since San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick first began kneeling during the national anthem as a silent protest of racial inequality in the United States, they believe that their original message has been lost in translation.

As nearly every team in the NFL had players participating in some form of protest on the heels of President Donald Trump's comments about NFL players kneeling during the anthem, Reid and Kaepernick wondered what would have happened had more players joined their cause sooner.

After Trump made his initial comments Friday night, teams began releasing statements from their owners all day Saturday and devising different ways to voice their displeasure Sunday.

Many organizations opted to link arms, with some owners even joining the players and coaches on the field in a sign of unity. While players such as Reid and Arizona safety Antoine Bethea appreciated the team-focused protests, there was also some concern that those displays focused on unity had obscured the original protests' intent.

"Don't get me wrong, linking arms is a great thing," Bethea, who held up his right fist during the anthem while standing next to Kaepernick and Reid for some games last year, said. "We do want to be unified. At the end of the day, unity is going to help bring us together, but I do think that sometimes, you lose what the point [is] that people are trying to get across when people are taking that peaceful protest. I do believe that.

"It's a tough situation. It's kind of like a damned if you do, damned if you don't, you know what I'm saying? Trust me, it's a tough situation. This is a team sport, and, at times, you don't want to single yourself out and be that individual. But then you are fighting with the things of 'What do you really believe in?' ... Either way you look at it, there's going to be people praising you, and it's going to be people coming at you with a negative tone. That's what I've seen since last year."

Reid, who is currently dealing with a left knee injury and normally wouldn't be made available to speak while injured, talked to the Bay Area media for about 20 minutes Wednesday. In that discussion, he hit on a variety of topics and attempted to steer the conversation toward the issues that he and Kaepernick first wanted to address as well as what he hopes will come next.

Throughout the course of the session, Reid repeatedly referred to notes he had on his phone from friend Clint Smith, a writer, teacher and Ph.D. candidate at Harvard, who has focused his research on mass incarcerations, the sociology of racism and the history of inequality in the U.S.

Among the topics Reid specifically addressed were police brutality, social injustice, the bail system and the importance of local government elections, specifically with district attorneys. Along the way, he retraced the steps of inequality starting with the Great Depression through the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965, respectively.

Reid went on to point out that he believes making changes in the areas he and Kaepernick first started protesting starts with education on those topics, followed by conversations about them.

"I think these conversations make people uncomfortable, and I think that's a way for them to deflect from the issues that we really want to talk about and steer the narrative in a different direction," Reid said. "And so, my goal is to do a better job this time around of controlling the narrative, talking about the issues, which I hope we can talk about today and getting people to understand why we're doing it, because these issues are real."

Asked who he believes the leader for that movement is, Reid said Kaepernick is "without a doubt." Kaepernick remains unsigned after parting ways with the Niners in March but has continued his charitable donations and work in the community, such as his "Know Your Rights" camps.

One thing Kaepernick hasn't done is speak publicly since the end of the 2016 season, something Reid said he would like to see even if he doesn't know when that might happen.

"I have spoken to him a lot over the past couple of weeks, so I'm not sure," Reid said. "He hasn't given me an answer to that. I'll ask him again, but I'm hoping that he does say something."

From there, Reid is hoping that athletes from various sports can use their platforms to continue to push toward change on the actual issues rather than worrying about the methodology of protest.

When Reid and Kaepernick first began protesting last year, about 80 players began a group text exchange that allowed them to swap ideas on ways not only to protest but also to get into their communities and begin making a difference at a grassroots level.

Those are the small things Reid and Kaepernick are hoping can eventually add up to making a big impact, even if the results aren't instant.

"It's a long journey to get these issues corrected. Like I said, it's decades on top of decades, and to get things fixed is going to take a long time," Reid said. "It's going to take people that really care about the situation, take people that want to have these uncomfortable situations, so I hope we can move on. That's the next step, is moving on to making changes, and I hope that we can get some change out of that."

 

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https://sports.yahoo.com/delanie-walker-fans-boycott-nfl-002923877.html

Delanie Walker to fans who boycott NFL over protests: Bye

Some fans have threatened to boycott the NFL over players’ protests during the national anthem. Titans tight end Delanie Walker has a message for them: Bye.

“First off, I’m going to say this: We’re not disrespecting the military, the men and woman that serve in the Army. That’s not what it’s all about,” Walker said, via Jason Wolf of The Tennessean. “. . . I’ve been in the USO. I support the troops. This is not about that. It’s about equal rights, and that’s all everyone is trying to show, is that we all care about each other.

“And the fans that don’t want to come to the game? I mean, OK. Bye. I mean, if you feel that’s something, we’re disrespecting you, don’t come to the game. You don’t have to. No one’s telling you to come to the game. It’s your freedom of choice to do that.”



The Titans were among three teams that skipped the national anthem Sunday after President Donald Trump’s tweets. The President has predicted a backlash against the NFL in the wake of the protests, which included dozens of NFL players taking a knee during the anthem in Week 3.

““That’s their choice [not to watch],” cornerback Logan Ryan said. “That’s the beauty of this country. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everyone’s opinion is equal. So right, wrong or indifferent, that’s the beauty of this country — that everyone should have equal rights and equal opinions on what they want. If they don’t want to watch, that’s their choice. That’s perfect.”

The Titans, per Wolf, have not decided how to handle the national anthem this week.

 

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https://twitter.com/bomani_jones/status/912657781441822720

Smh...

https://twitter.com/_/status/913145927887548416

 

[rickmogul]

Shame man. Day by day the divide between us is growing larger and even more larger. What else is there to discuss @ this point? They hate us for everything and all we want is to be left alone really above all so we can do our thing. Not allowing basic rights is grounds for revolution.

 

[grYmes]

That SI cover is horrible. Kap no where to be found.

 

[playmaker88]

The divide has always been its not gettin bigger its being exposed the facade is crumbling