The Star-Spangled Banner

Toni Smith’s article “A leader is more than a messenger” makes me wonder many things. Why is it that big of a deal to salute our flag if it is the country you are in? Why is she against it? Is she just trying to make a point that everyone can have their own opinion? I was a little irritated that throughout her article she never once explained as to why she turned away from the flag. What is her reasoning? Does she have a strong opinion or is she just doing it for attention and the shock value.…

O’ say can you see…….That as you might notice is the National Anthem. People all over the world are kneeling against the National Anthem as a silent and peaceful protest. It is appropriate to kneel as a silent protest against the National Anthem. First of all, the evidence indicates that ,”Colin Kaepernick said, “I’m not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”In other words the author is saying that he will not stand for a flag…

In the video, Jimi Hendrix performed the American National Anthem in this own way using electrical guitar to the audience. During the performance, the special sounds and effects created by his unique skills of that period as a guitarist were very powerful and impressive to make people feel the lyrics in other form of expression. In the medium part of the song, Hendrix played the guitar with several techniques, such as bending, vibrato-dive on harmonics, slide and flickering the bar to make…

Colin Kapernick is a football player who decided he was going to use his platform in order to spread awareness of the racial injustice, and police violence that has taken place over the past few years. Due to being heavily influenced on spreading awareness he started taking a knee during the national anthem which caused a great amount of backlash .Kapernick influences lead him to protest what he seen as wrongdoings towards African-Americans’.Kapernick stated “I am not going to stand up to show…

In Article #1, it stated that Colin Kaepernick has protested by refusing to stand for the national anthem. In the same article, it stated that month’s later, star basketball players Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Paul, and Dwyane Wade took the stage together to express their protesting at the sports award show in July. In Article #2, it mentioned that Tommie Smith and John Carlos conveyed their protest…

Recently there has been a heated debate whether athletes should make political statements in sports. This started because of Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem to . While some people think that they should not be political, they have been for a long time now, with Muhammad Ali in the late 60s to a few years ago with Lebron James and the I can't breath incident. Athletes should be allowed to use their platform as a political stance, as their opinion could make a difference in…

Was Colin Kaepernick right to kneel down when the National Anthem played? Do you think he was being unpatriotic? At the beginning of the 2016/2017 NFL season Colin Kaepernick chose to sit down when the National Anthem played. This action was very controversial. Some people felt that his action was appropriate. Well others thought Kaepernick’s action was inappropriate. So is Kaepernick's act of taking a knee during the National Anthem an unpatriotic act? Some people would agree it was unpatriotic…

There are many good reasons to protest during the Olympic games. To begin with, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were two African-American runners in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. The two American citizens were in a time of chaos in their lives. They were being segregated from the white race and where treated like dogs or any other type of animal. While the two men were standing on the podium singing to the American national anthem, they put black gloves on their hands and raised their right…

The Pledge of Allegiance, written in 1892 by Christian socialist minister Francis Bellamy, was formally adopted by congress in 1942. The Pledge of Allegiance has gone through changes throughout the years; the two most major changes being in 1923 and 1954. The Pledge and its unique language is the reason it has stayed rooted in American culture. One can see that the words are quick and to the point while still staying true to the patriotic roots from which it was made. These changes to the Pledge…

Should NFL fans who love the sport still watch the game? Or should they stop because of how contact the sport is getting overtime. Everybody has their own opinion on how they want to solve the answer to this question. Some can yes and some can say no, it not up to other people to choose for them except for them. I even tried to answer the question, but I wanted to see what other people say, so I took a well amount of time to read some opinions on the internet. The web brought me to many websites…