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During the first two games of preseason for the San Francisco 49ers (August 14th and August 20th 2016), Colin Kaepernick decided to take a knee during the national anthem, which is usually honored by standing. Many did not notice this until the third preseason game on August 26, 2016. Once gaining national attention, this protest created much controversy throughout the nation. Kaepernick was heavily ridiculed because he openly supported the Black Lives Matter movement. This was a momentous event…

Youth are learning lessons about sports and life from watching famous athletes on and off the field. Everything a professional athlete does is being watched, especially by children who love to copy. In 1993, Charles Barkley who retired from the Phoenix Suns produced a commercial in which he stated, “I am not a role model and just because I can dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.” Players break laws, and behave poorly, but are forgiven due to their talents. Riddick Bowe,…

My thoughts about the United States of America flag and how Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps affected my beliefs on it. A lot of actions are going on that involve disrespecting or destroying our flag but by our own amendment allows it. This should not be going on but by law we can't stop just like we can't force someone to believe in something they don't. It is their own decision to do that cause they don't think what the United States is doing is right. We need to do something about…

The United States is the land of the free and home of the brave, it is a place that welcomes everyone. Many different ethnicities living in the same nation as a whole makes up a melting pot nation. We coexist with each other and have overcame many obstacles, together, throughout many years. In recent years, issues have emerged amongst the minorities of our nation wanting equal rights and freedoms. The main focus is on black rights and police brutality against them. These issues have been…

While there’s police brutality and disgraceful comments towards N.F.L, Players began a protest to kneel during anthem. Several NFL players or teams took a knee, in-bolted arms, or raised their clenched hands amid the national anthem of devotion, on the field during the past football games. Some say it is disrespectful. “In a way it is disrespectful to kneel during the national anthem because without our ancestor’s fighting in wars for our freedom, we wouldn’t have a chance to protest”. Bobby…

Across the country, Americans are in heavy debate about the idea of kneeling for the national anthem. Some feel that kneeling is a form of protest, however, others feel that kneeling is a blatant disregard for authority and an overall disrespect for their country. HEADER One of the most beautiful aspects of the United States is the fact that every citizen has undeniable freedom and rights. One of the most controversial issues that are currently taking place in the United States is the issue…

In the beginning of Charles Camosy’s somewhat biased article “Why Americans Should Stop Watching Football,” he stresses why we need to give up America’s most famous and most loved sport: football. He has us think of the movie “Concussion,” starring Will Smith. This controversial movie is about how football causes serious brain damage to the players. Camosy says this very movie is given an overall rating of sixth place. He attempts to persuade others’ feelings by using the rhetorical appeal…

Recently, certain statues have been the source of contentious debate surrounding their removal. For some, those statues do not need a public display as they are highly offensive and for others, the statues are cultural and needs to remain. However, the Confederate statues that largely haunt the South needs to be removed since there are no plausible defense for them. The horrendous events in Charlottesville, Virginia in which a suspected Nazi sympathizer killed a person, reminds us that we have…

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick became a free agent in 2016. He protested racial injustice and police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem of the 2016 preseason. Colin Kaepernick is still a free agent to this day, many believe that he has not to be picked by another team to play because of his actions. Some have found his kneeling during the national anthem to be disrespectful. There are others who believe what he did was an act of justice. Colin Kaepernick…

I believe that soldiers did not die just so people can decide who is more American than others. I believe they died fighting for our right to live freely and truly. I believe they died so that we would not have men tell us what to do and how to be a patriot. They fought for the best thing about America: freedom. There is nothing more simple and more inalienable than our right to express our thoughts and to be free. That is why I find it ridiculous Donald Trump wants players fired for expressing…