How Corporal Colin Sterling Saved Blossom‚ Alberta‚ and Most of the Rest of the World as Well By Thomas King Knowing the author‚ the story has something to do with native people. Corporal Colin Sterling is probably a non-racist police officer‚ surrounded by racist police officers or citizens. I think Corporal Sterling will save the world figuratively‚ not literally. I came pretty close. The story had everything and anything to do with natives. It started
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decide whether or not you get shot by a police officer. Colin Kaepernick is a national league football star who has taken protesting too far. Black lives matter is a great topic to protest against; nevertheless kneeling during the National Anthem is not okay. “The Star Spangled Banner” has been played at every sporting event since the first minor league football game. Choosing to sit now is plain and simple disrespect to America. Colin Kaepernick is showing disrespect towards our United States veterans
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Free are you Free to Sit Out the National Anthem?”‚ by Jaweed Kaleem. A 49er quarterback called Colin Kaepernick‚ a african american‚ was not pleading and standing up to the national anthem. Colin Kaepernick is a famous football player and was recorded in national t.v. Colin Kaepernick impacted many people in the stage and in t.v. Many people were offended and even the veteran were too. Colin Kaepernick never pledge to the national anthem because he never believed in an fair‚ justice‚ and equality
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To be blackballed is to be excluded from membership by a negative vote according to Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster’s dictionary‚ 11th ed.‚ 2017). The situation ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is now facing due to his actions in the previous season by kneeling during the Star Spangled Banner could be considered such. The former 49ers quarterback‚ who led his team to a Super Bowl in 2013‚ is currently unemployed from football and it appears unlikely he will be employed in the National Football
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Protesting During a preseason game Colin Kaepernick shocked the world by kneeling for the national anthem.Since then players around the N.F.L have been kneeling for the national anthem.As stated by Rob Goldberg from bleacherreport.com “Colin Kaepernick initiated the act”(Rob Goldberg/2017).With players kneeling they elicit media attention.However‚as of lately they gained more attention after
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people look to him as a starter of a protest against the United States. The majority of the people that reacted to Colin stated that he was disrespecting the American flag and the US military. During the post game interview on August 26‚ 2016 Colin Kaepernick stated‚ “ I am not going to stand up to show pride in flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. Kaepernick was moved to protest by the deaths of many African-Americans due to police force. He and Eric Reid from the 49er’s
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Luther King was assanated for his numerous actions for equallity‚ Mohamad Ali was banned from boxing for his stand against the Vietnam War‚ and now San Fransico 49ers quaterback Colin Kaepernic is being creully punished and denounced by the public for his peaceful and utterly harmless protest against racism in America. Colin Kaepernic and all other althletes and celebraties should be able to use their fame to promote positive ideals because they would act as good role models‚ they would be happier
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protesting on racial inequality in the 1960s. Another major issue surfaced recently involved professional American football NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The cornerstone of this movement was former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick‚ who was the first to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality. This symbol of protest brought both positive and negative opinions.Many NFL players followed Kaepernick’s lead and joined the kneeling movement in protest.
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Francisco 49ers‚ Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem before a game. This act sparked a lot of controversy due to his lack of patriotism. Kaepernick claims that he took a knee during the Anthem in order to protest against the racial oppression and police brutality that he says has been consuming our country. To me‚ this is an example of anti-patriotism because if the men and women that fought for this country would have decided to not fight‚ then Kaepernick would not even have
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The United States national anthem (Star-Spangled Banner) is a poem written by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the flag still standing during the Fort McHenry bombardment in 1814. The poem was first titled “Defense of Fort M’Henry” which eventually became the Star-Spangled Banner. It was then adopted by the United States Military to play during ceremonies of raising and lowering the flag in the 1890s‚ but in 1916 President Wilson declared the song as the national anthem of the United States. In
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