Delilah​ ​Barajas
Nov.​ ​08,​ ​2017
Hist.​ ​1301-W02
The​ ​topic​ ​of​ ​the​ ​essay​ ​is​ ​the​ ​protest​ ​during​ ​national​ ​football​ ​games​ ​and​ ​also​ ​other
sporting​ ​events,​ ​to​ ​support​ ​Black​ ​Lives​ ​Matter.​ ​The​ ​article​ ​that​ ​the​ ​reader​ ​will​ ​be​ ​referring​ ​to​ ​is
.”​The
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Perilous
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Fight.
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”​ ​by​ ​Sean​ ​Gregory.​ ​It​ ​all​ ​started​ ​with​ ​the​ ​San​ ​Francisco​ ​49ers​ ​quarterback,
Colin​ ​Kaepernick.​ ​After​ ​he​ ​had​ ​set​ ​the​ ​example​ ​or​ ​did​ ​what​ ​was​ ​right,​ ​People​ ​are​ ​now​ ​saying
that​ ​this​ ​“​ ​stance”​ ​is​ ​unpatriotic​ ​and​ ​how​ ​he​ ​should​ ​be​ ​removed.​ ​We​ ​are​ ​going​ ​to​ ​talk​ ​about​ ​how
this​ ​is​ ​currently​ ​affecting​ ​America​ ​and​ ​especially​ ​those​ ​that​ ​Kaepernick​ ​is​ ​taking​ ​a​ ​knee​ ​for.
Doing​ ​a​ ​little​ ​bit​ ​of​ ​information​ ​first,​ ​then​ ​continue​ ​to​ ​analyze.​ ​This​ ​all​ ​started​ ​with​ ​police