Minority rights, women’s rights, gay rights. Through the eyes of a group of people, including athletes, these are the rights that are lacking in the United States.
Recently U.S soccer star Megan Rapinoe expressed her stance about women’s rights by kneeling during the national anthem. Why? She thinks women and men athletes should receive equal pay. She, and many other athletes, think that by not participating in the national anthem, they demonstrate that the United States is missing major rights. However, what they see as a form of standing up for what’s right, others see as dishonoring their country.