Unit 3: Black Lives Matter (TleG6)

A Silence that Speaks Volumes (Part 2)

The document under study is video from Al Jazeera English published in 2017. It deals with famous African-American NFL player Colin Kaepernick’ controversial kneeling during the American national anthem to protest against racial inequality and the rise of police brutality towards black men in the USA at the time.

Unfortunately, the consequences were very negative for him, the same as Smith and Carlos, history repeats itself: he was highly criticized, becoming the most hated NFL players. On top of that, his career ended as no other NFL teams wanted to hire him pretending that his athletic performances were degrading.

Above all, he felt the need to protest on the field at all costs because he wanted to use his influence to draw attention to this concern.

Even though he is not playing anymore, his action still continues to impact people because other athletes are doing the same, kneeling on the field to denounce racial injustice.

Homework: Learn the lesson.