Tag: Colin Kaepernick
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Critics need greater understanding of players’ protests
There is an old saying, overused to the point of cliché. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. It’s supposed to convey embarrassment, shame over missing a pattern that is present but not made obvious until it repeats itself over and over again. Lately, I have heard this phrase playing…
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Between the Lines: The Talk
The recent wave of protests from professional athletes during the playing of the national anthem reminds me of the first time I ever had a one-on-one interaction with a police officer in a dark hallway of an empty high school where I was technically trespassing. The summer before I started at UTD, my friend and…