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09-01-2016, 01:51 AM
Colin Kaepernick's protest is the latest from athletes in the era of Black Lives Matter
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's recent protest of the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/colin-kaepernick-footba/) has made headlines over the last week for the controversy that ensued — and the many, many hot takes (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/30/everyone-has-an-opinion-on-colin-kaepernick-but-few-actually-say-anything/) it inspired. But he's **t the first athlete whose protests have intersected with politics and race.*
SEE ALSO: Here's why Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem/)
Kaepernick's decision to **t stand for the national anthem harkens back to similar incidents, like when the NBA's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was punished by the league (http://ijr.com/2016/08/682947-mahmoud-abdul-rauf-was-the-colin-kaepernick-of-1996-heres-what-happened-to-him/) in 1996 for refusing to stand for the national anthem because it didn't align with his Islamic beliefs, the fallout from which had a major impact on his career (http://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/25/5544920/mahmoud-abdul-rauf-nuggets-national-anthem).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's recent protest of the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/27/colin-kaepernick-footba/) has made headlines over the last week for the controversy that ensued — and the many, many hot takes (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/30/everyone-has-an-opinion-on-colin-kaepernick-but-few-actually-say-anything/) it inspired. But he's **t the first athlete whose protests have intersected with politics and race.*
SEE ALSO: Here's why Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem/)
Kaepernick's decision to **t stand for the national anthem harkens back to similar incidents, like when the NBA's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was punished by the league (http://ijr.com/2016/08/682947-mahmoud-abdul-rauf-was-the-colin-kaepernick-of-1996-heres-what-happened-to-him/) in 1996 for refusing to stand for the national anthem because it didn't align with his Islamic beliefs, the fallout from which had a major impact on his career (http://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/25/5544920/mahmoud-abdul-rauf-nuggets-national-anthem).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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