The football field: where the money that’s made is as green as its grass. Known for touchdowns, unique celebrations, game deciding field goals… and protests.
I have always had a love and fond respect for the profound brilliance of author and social critic James Baldwin. His words are woven into this piece as I attempt to unfold the issue at hand — athletes kneeling for the national anthem.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
Last week, President Donald Trump decided to call any NFL player who knelt for the national anthem a “son of a bit*h” and called for them to be fired.