Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was written in the Declaration of Independence and was supposed to be for all citizens in the United States of America. Although written almost 250 years ago, the narrative is still different depending on the color of your skin. Kashana Cauley wrote an opinion article called “ESPN Is Terrified of Jemele Hill’s Honesty on Racism” in the New York Times on October 10th, 2017 in which she has a very strong opinion on the treatment of blacks in America, on and off the field (Cauley). According to her personal website Kashana Cauley is a former writer for the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and has writes in Esquire, Buzzfeed, and Rolling Stones, just to name a few. Her Twitter handle @kashanacauley has a strong
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According to Kashana, “We are supposed to embrace the idea that our lives should not be valued, because floating the opinion that maybe we shouldn’t be killed for no reason might offend advertisers.” ESPN is only worried about sponsors and ratings, not the men who are standing up for something they deem right. USA Today says 51 percent of Americans believe the N.F.L. protests are appropriate (Fair). Although this is Kashana only factual information, the overall feeling of black americans is that their liberty is being striped from them more everyday, and although people agree with the cause they will not agree with any black athlete or black person in general standing up for whats …show more content…
ESPN should have not suspended Jemele for her actions as this is what she is paid to do - Give her opinion. To play devils advocate, what if you had a business and wanted a certain image to be maintained and if your employees defied your wishes for a cause that does not affect their income, but only yours, what would you do? This is what is happening now, being black and speaking up for black is not patriotic and against their corporations image. This puts the players and now news casters in a tough position. Does Jemele and the black athletes side with their people, or do they maintain silence even when they are given the largest platform to express their concern? The systematic practices of the corporations are attempting to group kneeling with being unpatriotic and speaking up as being detrimental to the companies growth, only hushing the bigger problems that exist in our country. In all, Kashana Cauley is a black person in the United States. They way she feels cannot be verified, but only accepted as to how her people are feeling right now. She points to how the unfair treatment of Jemele Hill mimics the same approach the NFL has for its players. Although her topic can be seen in clearly, the message is getting misconstrued and until we stop grouping people who voice their opinion with villains of the United States, maybe then we can move
According to Kashana, “We are supposed to embrace the idea that our lives should not be valued, because floating the opinion that maybe we shouldn’t be killed for no reason might offend advertisers.” ESPN is only worried about sponsors and ratings, not the men who are standing up for something they deem right. USA Today says 51 percent of Americans believe the N.F.L. protests are appropriate (Fair). Although this is Kashana only factual information, the overall feeling of black americans is that their liberty is being striped from them more everyday, and although people agree with the cause they will not agree with any black athlete or black person in general standing up for whats …show more content…
ESPN should have not suspended Jemele for her actions as this is what she is paid to do - Give her opinion. To play devils advocate, what if you had a business and wanted a certain image to be maintained and if your employees defied your wishes for a cause that does not affect their income, but only yours, what would you do? This is what is happening now, being black and speaking up for black is not patriotic and against their corporations image. This puts the players and now news casters in a tough position. Does Jemele and the black athletes side with their people, or do they maintain silence even when they are given the largest platform to express their concern? The systematic practices of the corporations are attempting to group kneeling with being unpatriotic and speaking up as being detrimental to the companies growth, only hushing the bigger problems that exist in our country. In all, Kashana Cauley is a black person in the United States. They way she feels cannot be verified, but only accepted as to how her people are feeling right now. She points to how the unfair treatment of Jemele Hill mimics the same approach the NFL has for its players. Although her topic can be seen in clearly, the message is getting misconstrued and until we stop grouping people who voice their opinion with villains of the United States, maybe then we can move