In the recent weeks, tensions have been running high surrounding Donald Trump, the NFL, and Colin Kaepernick; however, yesterday served as the breaking point between the three intangibles after President Trump made a comment regarding NFL players who sit or take a knee during the national anthem.
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he’s fired. He’s fired,'” Trump said.
Followed by his comment, Trump exercised his Twitter fingers with a comment about Golden State Warriors’ player, Stephan Curry, as well.
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Twitter went into an uproar with responses from J. Cole, Just Blaze, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and more. Click each page to check out the tweets & videos.
Lebron James
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going! So therefore ain’t no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!
Golden State Warriors release statement on Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/VmdNKqLBrs
Chris Paul
With everything that’s going on in our country, why are YOU focused on who’s kneeling and visiting the White House??? #StayInYoLane
And I doubt he’s man enough to call any of those players a son of a bitch to their face…
Kobe Bryant
A #POTUS whose name alone creates division and anger. Whose words inspire dissension and hatred can’t possibly “Make America Great Again”
God bless every player that finds courage to kneel today. But the real power comes from you deciding to not watch.
Your eyes translate to advertising money for the League and it’s owners.
Same ones who speak out against Trump today, are the same ones that denied a qualified man a job because he took a stand against injustice.
You and me have the power to deny them our attention ($$ to them) until they make a wrong situation right.
How do they make it right? I know there are people smarter than me with better answers. But here’s one.
Hire 3rd party investigator approved by NFLPA to determine if kap was denied a job unfairly as punishment for his stance. (I know, I know)
And compensate the man for his losses if they determine he was.
Bare with me I’m just a rapper.. now look
Every day they stay quiet on this they’re saying that they condone what’s happening to Kap and the message it sends.
Well, you have a choice on how you respond to that. You can choose to not watch.
Every day they stay quiet on this they’re saying that they condone what’s happening to Kap and the message it sends.
Well, you have a choice on how you respond to that. You can choose to not watch.
if a boycott doesn’t force them to action, don’t even trip. This is where the real flex happens.
Black people spend a lot of money with NFL corporate sponsors. White people who don’t fuck with white supremacy spend a lot of money too.
So, next you turn your attention to these sponsors.
“If not, why are you spending all this money with a League that clearly condones that? … “
“You know what, I don’t think I can spend my money with you no more until you fix this.”
Some of us got grandparents that walked miles to work instead of riding bus, just to show the bus companies that they won’t tolerate racism
So when I think about it like that it’s very easy on Sunday to say, “Nope, I’m straight.”
This may be the biggest opportunity we have ever been presented to come together and show the world and ourselves our true economic power.
Thank you Colin for your sacrifice.
Just Blaze
Can we get Kap a job now tho?
Punch of TDE
Kneeling sparked the conversation. Kap got it going when he did that. It’s time to turn it up another notch.
The players who draw the audience have to consider not playing. Then ppl will stop watching.
Same thing needs to happen in music. Jay presented us with a great solution and we tried to crucify him. We need ownership of what we make.