The Role Of Discrimination In The NFL

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Discrimination is everywhere in the world, why not ignore it? Should not standing for the National Anthem in the NFL have consequences? Famous quarterback Colin Kaepernick recently addressed a racial matter by kneeling during the National Anthem, he said he felt oppressed and that was his reasoning. There are racist people in every race or ethnicity so why don't we all feel oppressed? By examining the discrimination in the workplace, disrespect, and how it makes America look it’s clear that discrimination happens everywhere.
The first reason why discrimination happens everywhere is because of racist and bias people. Someone will always have a prejudice against another race. According to” -Ortiz, Vilma, and Edward Telles. "Racial Identity and

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