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are you white?
no they wouldn’t
not u lol, i was asking @youngoldie
are you white?
I’m not white or black.
I responded the way I did because I sincerely believe Brady doesn’t care enough about social issues to take a knee to protest. Only time you’ll see him take a knee is during the actual game.
With that being said I don’t particularly care for what Kaep did either.
Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn rescinds Nike ban
Updated 4:33 PM; Posted 4:04 PM
Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn announces Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, that he is rescinding a ban on purchasing Nike merchandise he placed a week earlier on the city's recreation department and is booster clubs. He made the announcement at Kenner's Veterans Park. (Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn reversed an order Wednesday (Sept. 12) that prevented the city's recreation department and its booster clubs from buying Nike merchandise. He cited advice from the city's attorney and the national controversy his decision sparked as reasons for reversing his stance.
Zahn's decision came just hours after the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana challenged the mayor's ban, calling it an affront to freedom of expression.
Zahn established his policy in a Sept. 5 email to the city's recreation department director. That was two days after Nike began an advertising campaign starring Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who two years ago was the first NFLplayer to kneel during the national anthem to protest police violence against people of color.
The mayor's edict, which was not announced publicly, created a firestorm after it surfaced on social media over the weekend. Zahn didn't comment on his stance until issuing a statement to the media Monday afternoon, saying his action was to prevent public money from being used to support a political message.
City Councilman Gregory Carroll was the only member of the city's legislative branch to come out against Zahn's ban. Similarly, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Congressman Cedric Richmondalso condemned the mayor's decision.
Does anybody know when the collection is going to drop?
One would assume alot of the collection has dropped already. There has been Just Do It shoes, hoodies, t-shirts, etc. dropping for a minute now. I know Nike just bought alot of space in HOH locations to hype it up, but alot of the gear is already out there.
For those who somehow think that kaep “didn’t sacrifice anything” because he’s rich, here’s some perspective from an Olympic qualifying athlete I went to college with.
As for why didn’t he choose another media outlet to get his message accross? What about disruption do people not get about protests? How much disruption would another liberal message on a liberal news network cause? Especially to half the country that’s been conditioned to think anything that isn’t a right wing talking point is fake news. Nike did something with this message that no media outlet could do.
It brought this issue into every single persons home. It’s forcing more dialogue in a way CNN and ESPN can’t.
Can you imagine how many lukewarm progressives and civil rights advocates were upset by MLK’s march on Washington? Shutting down streets, causing a ruckus. Disagreeing with the method regardless of how important the message is. Guaranteed history is going to look favorably on what kaep and Nike are doing.
At the end of the day you don’t support Kaep for one of two reasons, racism or because you don’t think the statically proven unequal treatment of black people by the criminal justice system is worth causing disruption over which is still white supremacy at work.
So then what was the point of taking a knee? Since those others are not "reachable."Those who are more offended by a bent knee than unjustifiable deaths and acts of violence at the hands of the police are not reachable.