It appears that Evan Grossman simply cannot get enough of this “athletes engaged in direct action” storyline. This narrative that places the responsibility on Black people to solve the issues surroun…
The saga of Colin Kaepernick remaining without an NFL team over two months after free agency began on March 9, 2017 continues. What is relevant for this commentary is that even more NFL executives ha…
White people love to hear Black people provide the same criticism of other Blacks’ that they espouse. Everyone understands, regardless of the issue, really, that there is a kind of automatic credibil…
Two national anthem heroes during the 2016 National Football League season, Kenny Stills and Michael Thomas, were recently re-signed by the Miami Dolphins, and received raises to boot. In the 265,748…
As is correctly pointed out in this SF Chronicle article by Scott Osler, plenty of mediocre quarterbacks are finding homes as backups or even starters, while Kaepernick remains unsigned. Mike Glennon…
The concept is a relatively simple one. It’s called deterrence. Deterrence is defined as “the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.” This m…
So, at a rally last night, Donald Trump took it upon himself to brag about reports that a factor in National Football League owners’ reluctance to sign Kaepernick is the possibility that The Donald ma…
This Huffington Post contributor is clearly distraught over this entire Colin Kaepernick situation as evidenced in his piece, subtly entitled, “Colin Kaepernick is a Punk Who Needs to be Silenced.” S…
This article by retired Air Force Colonel Edward Pernotto is one of the more absurd and fascist-lite pieces of writing in the entire anthem protest discourse. Pernotto starts out by extolling his gra…