The National Football League has a problem. It seems to think it lives in Pre-Emansipation America. Someone should let them know that professional football players aren't slaves. The idea that the league can dictate how and where players can think and speak to the issues of the day is hard to fathom.
I have heard the excuses - it's about patriotism - or it disrespects the flag. I don't buy it.
Patriotism is defined as love for or devotion to one's country. Where is protesting wrongs done to the countries citizens unpatriotic? How is kneeling, as in prayer, disrespectful? These young men are in the best traditions of this country. They ask us to remember the wrongs done and work to be better citizens.
Many of these young men are brown and they choose to protest the wrongs done to other brown citizens. That's why the league and others think they have the power and the need to silence their protests. Let me remind you being brown is not a crime and doesn't negate citizenship.
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