Pros And Cons Of David Brooks

To pull a Kaepernick is to kneel instead of stand during a football game national anthem, in order to protest racism in our country. David Brooks’ believes that standing is the only correct way to pledge patriotism, and is important to our society because it unifies us. In other words, the act of “pulling a Kaepernick” is setting us back further and further from becoming a truly unified nation. I challenge this idea completely. There is no one way to support a country, and there is no one way to look at a culture. We must view the world without ignorance, and recognize differences to truly become a unified society.

The push for equality must not be silenced. NFL player Colin Kaepernick is not doing this as an act of defiance, or to say anything more than his stance and push against systematic racism. In fact, Brooks’ addresses this. “-To protest systematic racism. I’m going to try to persuade you that what you’re doing is extremely counterproductive” (Brooks, 1). His argument was based on the right idea. The foundation was there, however he begins to take it into a completely different …show more content…
In a negative regard, he states “A globalist mentality teaches students they are citizens of the world rather than citizens of America - The multiculturalist mind-set values racial, gender, and ethnic identities and regards national identities as reactionary and exclusive” (Brooks, 11-12). To have the privilege to say that your country and culture is better over all others, just expresses that he probably does not have a place commentating on social issues. While black on black crime and violence rates, uneducated POC rates, and overall discrimination due to ethnic isolation in the 1920’s is something many people face every day - this man has the audacity to make it about unity. There is no unity in a socially broken country. There is no unity where we value our culture over