With Locked Arms and Raised Fists, NFL Players Show Solidarity With Kaepernick
The first Sunday of the National Football League’s 2016 season saw several players in multiple cities express solidarity with Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest against racial injustice.
Following protests at high school games across the country on Friday and Saturday, ABC News reported on Sunday:
“It’s not about attention for me, though,” Peters said after the game. “Don’t talk about it—be about it. I come from a majority black community from Oakland, California. I grew up around my people a lot. I got family who’s still in the struggle. All I’m saying is we need to educate the youth. If we keep educating the kids, then we eliminate these problems.”
Dolphins running back Arian Foster, among the four players who knelt, said after the team lost to Seattle 12-10: “They say it’s not the time to do this. When is the time? It’s never the time in somebody else’s eye, because they’ll always feel like it’s good enough. And some people don’t. That’s the beautiful thing about this country. If somebody feels it’s not good enough, they have that right. That’s all we’re doing, exercising that right.”
Meanwhile, Seattle Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin spoke on behalf of his teammates Saturday in a statement, explaining what the team planned to do.
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