06-23-2020, 07:24 PM
I don’t know why black folks who do want to kneel are tap dancing around this. One moment they say it is not about the flag. The next moment they talk about how the flag does not mean the same to everyone especially when their parents and grandparents had to come back from war, putting their lives at peril for someone else’s freedom, to only not have their own freedom once they got back.
Move the goal posts. If you are kneeling down during the anthem, admit openly and proudly that it is about the flag. Admit that you will proudly stand up again when everyone stands with you to ensure that at least the basic ideals that signify the flag are upheld on a daily basis. For symbolisms such as standing up for a flag to not be a mere symbolism, but an emotional feeling that comes out of the heart for everyone , we still have a long way to go.
Move the goal posts. If you are kneeling down during the anthem, admit openly and proudly that it is about the flag. Admit that you will proudly stand up again when everyone stands with you to ensure that at least the basic ideals that signify the flag are upheld on a daily basis. For symbolisms such as standing up for a flag to not be a mere symbolism, but an emotional feeling that comes out of the heart for everyone , we still have a long way to go.