Real Life Real Faith Men of Faith July/August Issue | Page 7

He chose to take a seat to bring discussions of right and wrong, life and death. I personally believe it’s arrogant to tell someone what he or she should do as an acceptable way to protest, which then can be easily overlook. However, the whole point of fighting for rights is for all Americans to be able to express their rights.

There is no dispute in that. Just take some politicians, for example, who can and has said the most awful statements but yet a certain segment support all that is said by that politician and often double down with even more ugliness...they have an American right to express themselves no matter the manner that was fought for.

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Here is a question, and Google if you need to; Jackie Robinson was up on Court Marshal charges, and for what?

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be disrespecting his American right for freedom of protest (first amendment right), if he acts as if he does not have concern for the injustices that continue to transpire in this country. It simply his NONVIOLENT form of protest which is his chosen right.

Here is a question, and Google if you need to; Jackie Robinson was up on Court Marshal charges, and for what? Seriously…if you don’t know take a few moments to look it up. Now, we have black men who have served for our American rights, but are being shot, and Colin Kaepernick has had enough.