I think it’s important that whites say something in this case. This isn’t about getting white people’s approval-it’s about showing that we (black people) aren’t on our own in this. Showing solidarity, in my opinion, is rarely a bad thing.
Any type of protesting Black Americans do has always been labeled as unhelpful. Congratulations on falling for and pushing a silencing and oppressive narrative.
Why are you here? Why do you think we care to hear your opinion?
God damn it, please tell me it wasn’t a predominately white church. So many people will decide that this validates their hatred and their persecution complex.
I fucken love this.
I would like to ask the white athletes...what’s taking you so long to acknowledge and act on this issue. I wish I had such a public arena to make a stand!
We don’t really care how people perceive it overseas. We’re not trying to change your laws and racist practices.
I don’t remember ever standing for an anthem at any stadium event, now that I think about it. I’m always waiting in the beer line, along with *everyone else.*
Republicans love worshiping symbols like flags and anthems, because it’s a lot easier than actually giving a shit about your fellow citizens and living up to the ideals those symbols are supposed to represent.
Mmhmn
Football is a game where you help your teammates not die; it’s only fitting that it translates the same off-field.
I guess now’s the time we’ll find out if all those allies are going to put up or shut up. Ravens v Jaguars - both teams either took a knee or locked arms.
When Sharp Cheddar Stalin called the mothers of NFL players “bitches” in Huntsville, Ala., his hillbilly conservative…