{"id":877,"date":"2023-02-21T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T00:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=877"},"modified":"2023-02-21T00:07:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T00:07:39","slug":"coach-pays-tribute-to-kaepernick-during-anthem-players-join-in-heres-how-that-worked-out-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/coach-pays-tribute-to-kaepernick-during-anthem-players-join-in-heres-how-that-worked-out-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Pays Tribute To Kaepernick During Anthem, Players Join In – Here\u2019s How That Worked Out For Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, a few members of a New Jersey high school football team knelt while the national anthem played.<\/p>\n

Like Kaepernick and Marshall, coaches and students combined as the predominantly non-white Woodrow Wilson school performed the controversial move to raise awareness of social and economic injustice, NBC News reports.<\/p>\n

Initially, Tigers coach Preston Brown said he was going to kneel alone in protest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am well aware of the third verse of the national anthem which is not usually sung, and I know that the words of the song were not originally meant to include people like me,” he explained.<\/p>\n

The silent third verse he’s referring to reads: “No refuge could save the hireling and slave \/ From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.”<\/p>\n

“[Because] of recent events that happened the last couple years, things I experienced in college being an African-American student athlete in the south, I felt it was an appropriate time to do that,” explained Brown, NJ.com reports.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m African-American, I wouldn\u2019t rather be in any other country,\u201d he added. \u201cBut I can\u2019t be oblivious to the things I see every day that are different four blocks away in a neighboring town.\u201d<\/p>\n

After informing players of his decision, some of the students decided to join Brown, likely because the students could empathize with his reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in poverty, a lot of these kids are growing up in poverty,\u201d explained Brown. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of social injustices and economic disparities. There\u2019s issues right here in our own community.”<\/p>\n

While they support standing for the flag, the Camden City School District said they agreed with Brown’s sentiments and praised the students.<\/p>\n

“Whether our students choose to stand, kneel, or otherwise, we’re proud of their engagement with what is more broadly a very important social justice issue,” school district spokesman Brendan Lowe said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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