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How should NFL officials respond to athletes kneeling during the national anthem to protest the flag? Issue background: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/actsoffaith/wp/2017/09/24/colinkaepernickandthepo werfulreligiousactofkneeling/?utm_term=.1be55c0895e0

Colin Kaepernick started the social movement we know as kneeling during the national anthem. He first sat and after a conversation with a Beret, change to kneeling. He chose a nationally aired football game as his protest venue in order to reach the broad audience of football game viewers and to then get on the media to make sure his message is heard. The origin of his protest is because of the racial inequalities black americans face every day. He has received much criticism from predominantly white people that argue that kneeling during the national anthem is disrespectful to the military “Of course, to be black in America is to know that everything is not okay. Not when black Americans are arrested, incarcerated and killed at much higher rates than white Americans. When a traffic stop can be life threatening. When even millions of dollars won’t change the color of your skin. When people celebrate monuments to an army put together to keep you enslaved” Recent controversy: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/sports/nfltrumpanthemprotests.html ● 

○ “N.F.L. players across the country demonstrated during the national anthem on Sunday in a show of solidarity against President Trump, who scolded the league and players on Twitter this weekend. ○ With the support of owners, some of whom joined their teams on the field, dozens of players knelt in silent protests, while Tom Brady and others opted to stand and lock arms. ○ The Seattle Seahawks and the Tennessee Titans stayed in their locker rooms during the anthem in Nashville. The Pittsburgh Steelers also skipped the anthem in Chicago. ○ After the demonstrations began, Mr. Trump weighed in on Twitter, saying he approved of players locking arms, but declaring that kneeling during the anthem was “not acceptable.””

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Different Perspectives: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/10/13/ex-green-beret-who -wrote-letter-to-colin-kaepernick-suggests-former-qb-sit-down-with-trump/?utm_term =.635d1cb771b7

“Not by [Kaepernick], not by where we’re at now with the protests, but by us,” he said. “Simply put, it seems like we just hate each other; and that is far more painful to me than any protest, or demonstration, or rally, or tweet.” Boyer, who once tried out for a spot with the Seattle Seahawks, said the debate is no longer “about the anthem, or the flag, or kneeling, or sitting, or fists in the air.” Instead, he believes it has become nothing more than a political litmus test.“This doesn’t even seem to be about right or wrong, but more about right or left,” he wrote. “It’s not about President Donald Trump, it’s not about Colin Kaepernick, it’s not about the military or even police brutality. It feels like it’s about winning. . . . That desire to win at all cost is costing us greatly now among our neighbors.”  Former military man says both sides should talk and work on solutions verse just trying to beat one another. The president and a NFL QB, two very influential positions, should be the ones coming together to show to the world that they really do want America to be better. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/16/anthem-protest-bellarmine-assistant-submits-resig nation-after-players-kneel/ High school JV coach/local law enforcement officer resigns because school allows students to kneel during national anthem. White people in law enforcement or sport coaches are more inclined to side with the protest is unacceptable and disrespectful while the young black football players on the team see the protest as dignified and important. “But the coach’s stance is an example of how divisive the issue is, no matter the

side. The Bellarmine protest last month, before the team’s 48-0 loss to Serra at San Jose City College, struck a deep nerve inside and outside the school’s community that has not cooled in the two weeks since.”  http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=1 4&sid=d62a10d5-a071-4c08-a6fc-60a35aa26728%40sessionmgr103&bdata=JkF1 dGhUeXBlPWNvb2tpZSxpcCx1cmwsY3BpZCZjdXN0aWQ9czQ2NDA3OTImc 2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl#AN=125367399&db=aph

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfvie wer?vid=16&sid=d62a10d5-a071-4c08-a6fc-60a35aa26728%40sessionmgr103  http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfvie wer?vid=4&sid=9e7a65ec-dce2-44dd-b1b0-81543957a13b%40sessionmgr120  The goal of public health is to protect and promote the health of all people.[1] The existence of persistent racial health disparities between black and white Americans is at stark odds with this goal. Racial health disparities occur when the distribution of health conditions and health outcomes is uneven by race, exemplified in the intractable life expectancy gap between black and white Americans.[2] The Healthy People 2010 and 2020 initiatives,[3] designed to eliminate health disparities in the US, have been largely ineffective in reducing racial disparities in many areas like physical activity, substance abuse, and healthcare access.(4) Racial disparities in areas like injury and violence have actually increased over time.[4] To reduce racial health disparities and to improve the misalignment between public health goals and the reality of the American public health landscape, it is critical to identify and address the underlying structural reasons that disadvantage black American’s health, as compared to white American’s health.  Table 1. Number of deaths and potential years of life lost attributed to each of 39 causes of death in all Americans in 2015. Number of National Institute of Health R01 grants and scientific articles published on each specific cause of death (n = 31) in 2015 are also noted. Black deaths White deaths PYLL per death disparity (Black -White) NIH R01s Articles “Black people have a better chance of not surviving and even dying earlier compared to a white person with the same disease. Homicide was the number one contributor to PYLL among black Americans, while ischemic heart disease was the number one contributor to PYLL among white Americans. Firearmrelated violence accounted for 88% of black PYLL attributed to homicide and 71% of white PYLL attributed to homicide. Despite the high burden of PYLL, homicide research was the focus of few federal grants or publications. In comparison, ischemic heart disease garnered 341 grants and 594 publications. The number of public health courses available

relevant to homicide (n = 9) was similar to those relevant to ischemic heart disease (n = 10). Black Americans are disproportionately affected by homicide, compared to white Americans. For both black and white Americans, the majority of PYLL due to homicide are firearm-related. Yet, homicide research is dramatically underrepresented in public health research investments in terms of grant funding and publications, despite available public health training opportunities. If left unchecked, the observed disproportionate distribution of investments in public health resources threatens to perpetuate a system that disadvantages black Americans.” 

   http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/abs/10.1080/07352166.2017.1 328977 Intro Origin Current problems US attitudes Conclusion  ...