NORMAN — Steven Parker has to stand.
As the son of a Marine father and an Army mother and the grandson of a man who also served, the Oklahoma senior safety said earlier this week, he wouldn't take a knee during the national anthem like many in the NFL have done.
But he also stands with the beliefs that first launched the movement, that inequality persists throughout the United States.
“I definitely agree with Colin Kaepernick,” Parker said. “In my opinion, I don't feel like the United States — not even in my opinion, it's just the truth, it's facts — we're not treated as equal people, African-Americans, black people.