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OnDoutside

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6. It might help if you watched that video again. A particular team

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 12:53 PM

Sep 2017

and their coach took the knee. When the camera panned to the left, the other team and coaches, who happened to be standing, contained black and white players. For all we know, this was a personal decision by the one team, without informing the other team. In any case, politicizing kids is dubious in my opinion.

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A team of 8-year-old football players have decided to take a knee [View all] OxQQme Sep 2017 OP

And there it is. tazkcmo Sep 2017 #1

I truly do not know how you can watch that video and have hope. SamKnause Sep 2017 #3

It might help if you watched that video again. A particular team OnDoutside Sep 2017 #6

I focused on the good, the children. tazkcmo Sep 2017 #7

This 59 year old white woman is with you! Kath2 Sep 2017 #8

Yes! KT2000 Sep 2017 #2

Exactly. Kath2 Sep 2017 #9

Helmets (hats) off to the coach! Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2017 #4

A nation built on centuries of genocide and slavery, Natives still in concentration camps, ..... L. Coyote Sep 2017 #5

Their parents shouldn't let them play...too much evidence BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #10

tearing up joanbarnes Sep 2017 #11