Summary Of The Noise By Stephen Curry

Imagine minding your own business, walking down the street and you get stopped by police. You get scared because you’ve heard of other people getting shot when they were doing nothing wrong. And to top it off, it's only because of the color of your skin, something you can’t control. This is what people of color go through daily and it's the reason people around the world are kneeling. Athletes are kneeling together in public protest against the government's failure to protect their civil rights and freedom. In “The Noise”, an essay written by Stephen Curry, Curry talks about how veterans feel about kneeling during the national anthem. Peacefully protesting and kneeling for Black lives does not disrespect the flag nor the military because people

are not protesting the military, every American has the right to freedom of speech, and protesting for Black lives is protesting for American lives. It is necessary to stand up for Black lives in America, and athletes and celebrities should use their platform to get very important messages out.
Peacefully protesting does not disrespect the American flag.

When Donald Trump tweeted Curry, Curry was overwhelmed and shocked that the president was so defensive about his decline to go to the White House. Curry explains, “And now, of course, it’s those same people — who couldn’t understand why I would peacefully state my opposition to our White House visit — who will tell you that pro athletes, when they engage in peaceful protest, are disrespecting the military, our flag and our country” (Curry, TN). The keyword there is peaceful. When protesting, whether its declining to go to the White House or kneeling during the national anthem, peacefully wanting to speak out is okay and it is a right in the Constitution. The first Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” (findlaw). Not one of those people are in any way trying to be disrespectful to the military nor the American flag. They are protesting for a reason, a good reason. It could be standing up for Black lives in America or disagreeing with the president's actions and/or comments, either way it is something that we need do to make a

change.
Standing up for Black lives in America is necessary because Black people have faced injustice for centuries.

An article in the Washington Post, What racial injustice looks like in America’s economy, by Jared Bernstein Talks about some of the many racial injustices, but when you think of racial injustice now, you automatically think about unjustified shootings, like Michael Brown. In 2016 young black men were killed by police at a sharply higher rate than other Americans. It's not just unjustified killings its many, many other things. “For as far back as we have the data, the black unemployment rate has been twice that of the white rate” (Bernstein). This means that because you are white you have a higher chance of landing the job. This started from Jim Crow, and the abolishment from Jim Crow really wasn't that long ago. Jim Crow ended in 1964, although the law ended the effect on people didn't. Other examples of racial injustice are police stops, unnecessary arrests, and lengths of incarceration. Theses are some of the many reasons that athletes decide to

kneel.
Respecting the military will always be important to do. Many people have made protesting for Black lives a bad thing because it is happening during the National Anthem but it was not intended to be disrespectful. It is necessary to protest things like the killing of Black lives because it educates people on how Americans are being treated and it is our American right to freely speak. If there is no awareness things will keep happening.