Take a Knee
"... I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world." - Jackie Robinson, 1972 Many are "more dedicated to order than to justice," offended by kneeling during the Anthem & not by racism & modern-day lynching. #TakeAKnee pic.twitter.com/E23oM1ZW6X — The King Center (@TheKingCenter) September 23, 2017 To Trump, the NFL Players are mere property and he is calling out to their “owners” to discipline them for speaking. This sounds familiar. — deray mckesson (@deray) September 24, 2017 Symbols matter. Protest works. Patriotism is taking a stand against injustice in whatever way you can. pic.twitter.com/G5QRhWfRnz — Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) September 23, 2017 And here is what the Pittsburgh Steelers sideline looked like during the national anthem pic.twitter.com/1QOQJagAco — Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) September 24, 2017 Trump tried to intimidate the players into not kneeling....