There is nothing that says you can't be active and love your community and fight for your community and still do your job.
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Our biggest thing is, any player who's protesting will tell you that the only reason we use the anthem is because it's a platform like no other. We use it to draw attention to other issues. We've heard from many people, 'Use a different venue. Use a different platform.' Quite frankly, this is the most effective one.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the use of a public platform to address important social issues.
Malcolm Jenkins emphasizes that athletes protesting during the national anthem do so to raise visibility for significant societal problems. He argues that the anthem provides a unique and powerful platform for drawing attention to these issues, making it more effective than other means of protest.
Themes
ProtestAnthemPlatformSocial IssuesAwareness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a speech about the role of athletes in social justice movements.
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When I look at our communities, our country, our justice system, those are things I want to change and I'm committed to changing, and that's going to take sacrifice. Laying the foundation is the hardest part and requires a lot of sacrifice and time.
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The people who have been unjustly disenfranchised by our criminal justice system and the people who daily fight for them always have, and always will be, the inspiration and focus of my efforts.
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Communities of color have also had to watch video after video of unarmed black men and women being handled without regard for their lives or well-being. As a black man, I see these images, and I see myself; I wonder whether this will happen to me or one of my loved ones.
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I didn't realize that the platform could be this big until Colin Kaepernick first took a knee. When he did that, that was kind of an 'aha' moment for me.
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