The amount of white people being killed by cops is double the amount of black people each year. Professional athletes are protesting during the national anthem to fight against police oppressing black people, but if there are actually twice the amount of whites being oppressed there is no problem. The national anthem first started being played before sporting events during WW2. The first time of protest was in 1968 during the olympics when two athletes raised a closed fist for “Black Power”. Now it’s used to protest against police brutality towards black people. Protesting during the national anthem is wrong. It’s disrespect to our country, the men and women who have served, and it’s an unethical form of protest.
Kneeling during the national anthem is and unethical and dumb form of protest. "I am …show more content…
The 1st amendment rights state that any person has the freedom of speech and therefore shall be allowed to protest without disruption from the presidents and veterans. This point makes total sense. The protesters are exercising their 1st amendment rights, but this is a very poor and unethical way of doing so. This puts more pressure on them, and it divides the country. It is correct that the president should not interfere, but he can also exercise his rights, and give his public opinion on the matter. This protest causes more hurt than help to their cause. People also say that this protest is for what whites have done to blacks throughout history. It is true that white people have treated black people wrong in the past, and they have done the best they can to go as far from those things as possible. In this trying to do so, white police officers have actually lowered the black killings 75% since 1970, and that number is still going down. This point is just protesting a problem that is no longer a
Kneeling during the national anthem is and unethical and dumb form of protest. "I am …show more content…
The 1st amendment rights state that any person has the freedom of speech and therefore shall be allowed to protest without disruption from the presidents and veterans. This point makes total sense. The protesters are exercising their 1st amendment rights, but this is a very poor and unethical way of doing so. This puts more pressure on them, and it divides the country. It is correct that the president should not interfere, but he can also exercise his rights, and give his public opinion on the matter. This protest causes more hurt than help to their cause. People also say that this protest is for what whites have done to blacks throughout history. It is true that white people have treated black people wrong in the past, and they have done the best they can to go as far from those things as possible. In this trying to do so, white police officers have actually lowered the black killings 75% since 1970, and that number is still going down. This point is just protesting a problem that is no longer a