Gameday vs Vanderbilt
Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt
The NFL is a joke.
The other day, many athletes came together themselves to march and/or share their thoughts on social media during this pandemic in reference to social injustice. My emotions are mixed. These athletes have a platform that most African Americans don't. They play in a sport that is followed by millions of people. While unarmed black men and women were being killed by police and nothing was being done, Kaepernick chose to use this platform as a means to bringing attention to racial profiling, police brutality social injustices in this country. However white America decided to make it their narrative instead. While he took a knee quietly during the anthem on the field the voices of white fans and this President yelled their displeasure and turned it into disrespecting the flag. Few black athletes took a knee with him concerned more about their pay checks than what was happening in the rest of the world. Soon their after, Kaepernick was black balled...
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