Colin Kaepernick's Drowned Out By The Noise

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In the article “Colin Kaepernick’s drowned out by the noise.” (thegaurdian, 2017), Ameer Hasan Loggins breaks down the reasons and beliefs of ‘Kaepernick kneeing issue’. Primary, the incident in 2016 where American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled during a pre-game national anthem to convey his message, “[I’m] not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour.”. Correspondingly, Kaepernick was referring to police brutality killings of Alton Sterling, Freddie Gray, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Terrence Crutcher and Eric Garner to are a few. Conversely, the police involved with these cases, especially the ones that fired the life-ending shots were acquitted or never

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