Salute to Colin Kaepernick: Kaepernick sits during national anthem
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White people, breh, apparently you have to come out the womb protesting....A person can't be enlightened at any point of their lives. Man, this clown can go fukk himself. I swear to God this sh1t never gets brought up with anyone...."Oh, why does _____(insert celebrity)_____ care so much about ____(insert cause)____ now? Just a few years ago they didn't say anything". Is this where we're at now?
I would smack the shyt out of this fool.
They once found this Confederate CaC drunk ass shyt slumped over the wheel....
What you expect him to say 
This story just keeps on giving... Dilfer is getting FRIED. breh said he's seeking counseling.
These cacs gone have to learn that you're better off not saying anything versus speaking your mind and risking the blowback.
Texas Youth Football Team to Continue Protesting Anthem Despite Death Threats
Be a cac and make death threats against little kids man...
The Beaumont Bulls, a youth football team in Beaumont, Texas, whose members are receiving death threats after following the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in protesting the national anthem over America's treatment of "blacks and people of color," as Kaepernick explained to NFL Media, will continue their demonstration, according to the team's coach and the mother of one of the players.
April Parkerson, the mother of 11-year-old running back Jaelun Parkerson, confirmed to ABC News that players on the team have received threatening messages. She said the team's protest of the national anthem "will continue."
Rah Rah Barber, the team's coach, concurred with Parkerson, saying he never imagined the response to the team's actions would "get to this point." He said the threats have showed "how far behind we are as a society."
The attention surrounding the team's protest started last Saturday, when Barber, along with his coaching staff and team, kneeled and placed their hands on each other's shoulders in silence before the playing of the national anthem.
Parkerson described this summer as a "turning point" in her son's awareness of race and politics and said he first wanted to take action after videos of the police shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were posted online.
"[Jaelun] asked me what we could do about it," Parkerson said. "So when news of Kaepernick's protest broke, a lightbulb went off. Then when Brandon Marshall joined in, he said, 'OK, we're going to do this.'"
Barber acknowledged Kaepernick as an influence
as well and said he became motivated to read up on the history of the national anthem.
He added that one of his players approached him with a photo of the protests of the anthem and told him that the team wanted to join it.
"I said to the team, 'Do you know what this means?'" Barber said. "And they said that they did. So I went to their parents for their approval."
Speaking on behalf of her son, who was in school, Parkerson said that the purpose of the protest was not to insult the military or police but to show solidarity with other protesters and to help bring attention to issues of racial injustice.
She said the youth football league's board of directors gave permission for the team to stage the demonstration.
Still, permission and expressions of support from many people haven't stopped some from sending death threats to the team.
Parkerson sent ABC News screen shots of some of the threats, which have mostly been made on social media from people living outside Beaumont.
One Facebook user from Oklahoma called for Barber to be lynched.
"Hatred like that is everywhere," Parkerson said. "But there's also so much love."
Barber, who said he involves himself in youth football to keep kids off the streets, isn't fazed by the racist comments directed at him online.
"I ignore it," he said. "It's the kids I worry about. If they ever felt threatened, I would advise their parents to reach out to authorities."
ABC News contacted the Beaumont Police Department and the FBI to ask whether the threats against Bulls players and coaches are under investigation, but the calls were not immediately returned.
Parkerson, who is white and is married to a black man, said she and her son admire Kaepernick for what she described as the bravery he shows in taking a stand. She said her son, who is biracial like Kaepernick, felt inspired by him.
"Colin didn't have to take this subject on," she said. "But he decided to use the platform he had to speak up for people who have no voice."
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Now they fukking with the Native American Students...
A Native American high school student in California says a teacher lowered her and a friend's participation grades after they refused to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Leilani Thomas has been choosing not to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance since the second grade -- way before San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started doing the same during performances of the national anthem at games, ABC affiliate KXTV in Sacramento reported.
Thomas explained that she is Native American and that she has been sitting out the Pledge of Allegiance as a peaceful protest to the way Native Americans have been historically treated in the U.S.
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"My dad and my mom brought up what [the pledge] meant to us and our people and what happened -- you know, the history," she said. “So I just started sitting down.”
Thomas added that she had never had a problem until recently, when her advisory period teacher at Lower Lake High School in Lower Lake, California, lowered her and a classmate's participation grades.
The teacher "told me I was being disrespectful," Thomas told KXTV. "I was pretty mad because she was being disrespectful to me also, saying I was making bad choices and I don’t have the choice to sit down during the pledge."
This past week, the issue came to the attention of Konocti Unified School District Superintendent Donna Becnel, who confirmed the incident took place.
"One of the students let a principal know what happened and the principal then informed me," Becnel told ABC News today. "We've since transferred the two students to another [advisory period] class."
The superintendent said she stands behind the students and their right to free speech.
"Students here have First Amendment rights, and they do not lose that when they come to school," Becnel explained. "If any students have any concerns about their right to free speech, they can speak with a site administrator. We also have policies in place to protect their right."
And while Becnel said she took the "unfortunate incident" seriously, she also hoped it "does not overshadow the great work that the rest of the district's staff and teachers have been doing."
Becnel added that the teacher who lowered the students' participation grades had only started working for the district this school year and that the district has never had any First Amendment issues in the past.
Bencel said she could not divulge what consequences, if any, the teacher could face, explaining that personnel matters were confidential.
ABC News was not immediately successful in reaching Thomas or her parents for additional comment today.
Now they fukking with the Native American Students...
A Native American high school student in California says a teacher lowered her and a friend's participation grades after they refused to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Leilani Thomas has been choosing not to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance since the second grade -- way before San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started doing the same during performances of the national anthem at games, ABC affiliate KXTV in Sacramento reported.
Thomas explained that she is Native American and that she has been sitting out the Pledge of Allegiance as a peaceful protest to the way Native Americans have been historically treated in the U.S.
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"My dad and my mom brought up what [the pledge] meant to us and our people and what happened -- you know, the history," she said. “So I just started sitting down.”
Thomas added that she had never had a problem until recently, when her advisory period teacher at Lower Lake High School in Lower Lake, California, lowered her and a classmate's participation grades.
The teacher "told me I was being disrespectful," Thomas told KXTV. "I was pretty mad because she was being disrespectful to me also, saying I was making bad choices and I don’t have the choice to sit down during the pledge."
This past week, the issue came to the attention of Konocti Unified School District Superintendent Donna Becnel, who confirmed the incident took place.
"One of the students let a principal know what happened and the principal then informed me," Becnel told ABC News today. "We've since transferred the two students to another [advisory period] class."
The superintendent said she stands behind the students and their right to free speech.
"Students here have First Amendment rights, and they do not lose that when they come to school," Becnel explained. "If any students have any concerns about their right to free speech, they can speak with a site administrator. We also have policies in place to protect their right."
And while Becnel said she took the "unfortunate incident" seriously, she also hoped it "does not overshadow the great work that the rest of the district's staff and teachers have been doing."
Becnel added that the teacher who lowered the students' participation grades had only started working for the district this school year and that the district has never had any First Amendment issues in the past.
Bencel said she could not divulge what consequences, if any, the teacher could face, explaining that personnel matters were confidential.
ABC News was not immediately successful in reaching Thomas or her parents for additional comment today.
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I heard the Rush Card is a scam and it targets ppl of color.
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Can we just kill em?
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All these a$$hole are exposing themselves.
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13 year old boy Tyree King killed by Ohio Police. Thank You Colin don't stop, these mothafu*ckers are doing a state sponsered genocide.
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Yo these people are EVIL!!!!
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ANOTHER ONE:
Now they fukking with the Native American Students...
A Native American high school student in California says a teacher lowered her and a friend's participation grades after they refused to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance.
Leilani Thomas has been choosing not to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance since the second grade -- way before San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started doing the same during performances of the national anthem at games, ABC affiliate KXTV in Sacramento reported.
Thomas explained that she is Native American and that she has been sitting out the Pledge of Allegiance as a peaceful protest to the way Native Americans have been historically treated in the U.S.
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"My dad and my mom brought up what [the pledge] meant to us and our people and what happened -- you know, the history," she said. “So I just started sitting down.”
Thomas added that she had never had a problem until recently, when her advisory period teacher at Lower Lake High School in Lower Lake, California, lowered her and a classmate's participation grades.
The teacher "told me I was being disrespectful," Thomas told KXTV. "I was pretty mad because she was being disrespectful to me also, saying I was making bad choices and I don’t have the choice to sit down during the pledge."
This past week, the issue came to the attention of Konocti Unified School District Superintendent Donna Becnel, who confirmed the incident took place.
"One of the students let a principal know what happened and the principal then informed me," Becnel told ABC News today. "We've since transferred the two students to another [advisory period] class."
The superintendent said she stands behind the students and their right to free speech.
"Students here have First Amendment rights, and they do not lose that when they come to school," Becnel explained. "If any students have any concerns about their right to free speech, they can speak with a site administrator. We also have policies in place to protect their right."
And while Becnel said she took the "unfortunate incident" seriously, she also hoped it "does not overshadow the great work that the rest of the district's staff and teachers have been doing."
Becnel added that the teacher who lowered the students' participation grades had only started working for the district this school year and that the district has never had any First Amendment issues in the past.
Bencel said she could not divulge what consequences, if any, the teacher could face, explaining that personnel matters were confidential.
ABC News was not immediately successful in reaching Thomas or her parents for additional comment today.
Its disrespectful to protest a government that genocided 95% of her ancestors
that teacher better lose her job fast