Should we be protesting at sporting events? by Danielle Woody

Ben

cr_belbirt — 2018-02-28 16:38:32 UTC

𝒞𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓂: 𝒫𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈t

𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃: 𝒜𝒻𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃-𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹, 𝑜𝓇 𝓀𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃, 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝑔𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉.𝐸𝓋𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒: 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒶𝓎, 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓂𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝒶𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓆𝓊𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎.𝒞𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓂: 𝒜 𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓊𝓂 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒st𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃:  𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶.
𝐸𝓋𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒: 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 “𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇-𝒮𝓅𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝐵𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇"

Bradley

2018-02-28 16:48:31 UTC

Claim: Pros have the right to protest
Reason: Colin Kaepernick refused to

Ethan

cr_ekaratov — 2018-02-28 20:31:09 UTC

Pro
Claim: Professional players have the right to protest
Evindence: Colin Kaepernick plays football for the San Francisco 49ers. Recently, the National Football League (NFL) quarterback refused to stand when the national anthem played. The national anthem, or “The Star-Spangled Banner,” plays before most big sport events.
Kaepernick said he decided not to stand as a sign of protest. He feels that African-Americans are oppressed, or kept down, by the American government.
Many people were angry that Kaepernick would not stand for the anthem. They felt it was a sign of disrespect to America. Their reaction almost ended an important conversation. Kaepernick was trying to start a discussion about race and violence in this country.
Con
Claim: For many Americans, watching sports is a way to relax and forget life's troubles.
Evindence: The San Francisco 49ers quarterback is not the first athlete to mix politics and sports. For example, runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos were kicked out of the 1968 Summer Olympics. They held up black-gloved fists during “The Star-Spangled Banner." Kaepernick is not even the only athlete to protest this year.

Justin

2018-02-28 21:25:06 UTC

Claim: Professional players have the right to protest
Evindence: Colin Kaepernick plays football for the San Francisco 49ers. Recently, the National Football League (NFL) quarterback refused to stand when the national anthem played. The national anthem, or “The Star-Spangled Banner,” plays before most big sport events.
Kaepernick said he decided not to stand as a sign of protest. He feels that African-Americans are oppressed, or kept down, by the American government.
Many people were angry that Kaepernick would not stand for the anthem. They felt it was a sign of disrespect to America. Their reaction almost ended an important conversation. Kaepernick was trying to start a discussion about race and violence in this country.
Con
Claim: For many Americans, watching sports is a way to relax and forget life's troubles.
Evindence: The San Francisco 49ers quarterback is not the first athlete to mix politics and sports. For example, runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos were kicked out of the 1968 Summer Olympics. They held up black-gloved fists during “The Star-Spangled Banner." Kaepernick is not even the only athlete to protest this year.

Jianna

2018-02-28 22:22:53 UTC

Claim: Professional players have the right to protest
Evidence: Colin Kaepernick plays for the 49ers, recently the NFL quarterback chose not to stand during the national anthem.

Katherine

2018-02-28 22:24:43 UTC

Claim: Professional players have the right to protest
Reason: Players sat for the national anthem
Evidence: Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench during the national anthem

Lizzy

cr_ele — 2018-03-01 16:04:24 UTC

Claim: Professional players have a right to protest
Reason: