Colin Kaepernick's Controversy Between People

This past month, on August 26, the famous football player, Colin Kaepernick, refused to stand during the nation anthem, provoking controversy between people in the audience. Social media immediately reacted when a picture of the moment was captured and shared by a person from the public. The reason of Collin’s protest is the oppression of black people recently. Most of the people took this as a disrespectful way to share a disagreement, while others took this as an example of courage. The player said that he would not stand for a country the oppresses black people. (Howerton 2016). Since then, a variety of opinions have been shared in social media, many open letters dedicated to criticize Collin’s behavior. In addition, a female football player …show more content…
(Basirico, Cashion, 2014, p. 44) It is over-interpreted that the national anthem should be a moment where people show respect to their country, it is taken as a symbol of honor to stand and sing. For instance, when the action that most of people see as respectful way to honor their country was omitted by Colin. They concerned and started commenting in social media. While the football player may be thinking that what he did is for the honor of every black person and for the recent ‘oppressions’, other people saw this a dishonorable and disrespectful because of how the symbol of standing affects people’s perception before different …show more content…
Racial division exists from a big amount of years ago, being part of American History. A sociologist would exanimate the remnants of different events in the past that have been left in people’s lives today. The consequence of Colin’s protest has generated another uncomfortable situation in the same environment. The female football player Megan Rapinoe did not stand when the national anthem started to sound. In this case, she was calling people to take conscious after seeing how Colin has been attacked by social media. However, her first motive why she did not stand was because she was defending the lesbian community, emphasizing that this is another racial division problem. (2016) Megan joined the protest feeling oppressed as a lesbian in her country, in consequence, she showed a not proudly behavior either. Something that seems to be a little expression of disrespect, may provoke a massive impact. People are moved by their routine, by what they are used to see, say, and hear in their everyday. The theory is most seen in the impact that this protests provoked in the public. These two football players have been highly insulted in social media for not behaving the way people are used