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LeBron James was selected as the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year this month, and on the cover, Vocativ noted that he's wearing a safety pin.
The safety pin has taken on a political significance in the days since the election of Donald Trump as president. From Brian Knowlton of Agence France-Presse:
In the days since Trump's election, people have begun placing a single pin on their shirts to convey a message of support -- of safety, and protection -- to minorities, women, immigrants and others who may feel threatened by the strident rhetoric that carried the Republican billionaire to the White House.