What does the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance mean to you? Land of the Free? Is America the Land of the Free? This has been a question that has been uprising lately as everyone is thinking about the importance of standing for the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance recently. Do you have to stand for the National Anthem? Are you not allowed to emphasise any part of the Anthem and sing the anthem how it is? Are you allowed to do what you want? Ever since the infamous kneel by San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick during the first preseason game of the 2016-2017 season these questions have been going through a lot of American’s head of how should you treat the National Anthem. In the Newsela article “Sports events have a way of sparking …show more content…
As Donald Trump said when addressing the Colin Kaepernick situation, “You should find a country that works better for him, let him try.” So if you do not like how America is treating you, just move to another country. If America is the country that does not give the respect you want then just move and try another country to see if they agree with your opinions. So quit your National sports team and move, no one in America will care and will support your decision because you are standing up for your beliefs without disrespecting America. Or speak out, make fundraisers to raise awareness about the situation so that will make everyone in America join and support you and help out the country then cause a whole troubled situation that will spread worldwide and cause a lot more controversies than it really should be. Now those people with color that are kneeling during the National Anthem will not get much better treatment because of how you are disrespecting our country. So next time when you kneel, think about how other people are going to feel and how will it make the situation better or
The Pledge of Allegiance was created in 1892 and as seen been the way how most public areas start their day. Now when doing the pledge it is respectful and expected for you to stand in honor of the veterans that have lost their lives for our freedom but some people don’t because of religious beliefs or other factors that are covered by the 1st amendment. In these two articles they show the pros and cons of standing during the pledge and what others think. In the first article, the pro side it states, ”Last year, my final year as a high school teacher before retiring, I had two students who decided to take a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance. I wondered why and framed the question in a way they might not have expected.
A Failure to Score Support Politics has become increasingly present in every aspect of our lives. Clearly, this is not a new occurrence. Toni Smith’s article titled “A leader is more than a messenger” published in The Sporting News proves that. The article was published in 2003 so it begs the question “Has politics always been embedded in everyday life, and no one cared, or is this new?” It does prove that taking a knee during the national anthem is not a new form of protest.
Jerry Brewer’s Washington Post article, “The NFL Beat Trump. Soundly”, gives the information on how our NFL players and our president Donald Trump are having a controversial dispute. Jerry Brewer states “the actions of the NFL players which has many American football fans enraged by their actions during the national anthem”. Brewer didn’t have too many examples in proving that the NFL had beat trump. In this article, Brewer did not use rhetoric well in this article to explain how the NFL had beaten trump.
Have adults ever tried to hint something at you, but you don’t even realize it? Well in Elijah of Buxton, Elijah finds out that an adult slave that he finds is trying to hint toward him to take her baby back to Buxton with him. Also in I Pledge Allegiance, Morris and his three best friends all go to The Vietnam War because one of them got drafted. I will question why the slave wanted her baby to go to Buxton, connect with Morris about war and his friends, and evaluate the difference in point of views of Morris and his mother. Why did the slave want her Baby to go to Buxton with Elijah?
The United States of America is one of the most prideful countries in the world. We dedicate July 4th to our independance, proudly wear red, white, and blue, and we join together in many rhymes of patriotism. The Pledge of Allegiance is one of the many ways we show our pride towards our country. In the novel Anthem, by Ayn Rand, a scripture reminiscent of the pledge is repeated by the narrator in times of temptation. The scripture, however, sends a very different message.
A controversial topic currently circulating throughout the media and society, is professional athletes kneeling during the National Anthem. In my opinion, this is a completely useless, unnecessary action done just for attention. The theory behind the action is supposed to represent unity. Unity is not achieved by causing controversy, but it’s achieved by coming together and supporting each other when times get tough.
Vietnam: I pledge Allegiance is a story that takes place during the Vietnam war. In this story there are four boys, Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck. These boys were best friends and would do anything for one another and had known each and every one of them since elementary school, they are like brothers. Ever since they were young boys they had made pledges for everything and had lived by those pledges for life. They started to make pledges because of a conflict that occurred in elementary school among all of them.
The National Anthem is something many Americans hold dear to their hearts. When football players started to kneel instead of stand with the others as a protest, Americans started to become angry. Football players should stand for the national anthem for the soldiers, to help unify America, and to find another way to protest. First of all, football players should stand for our soldiers. Our soldiers have fought for our country and they fight for our flag.
The current debate over kneeling or sitting in protest during the National anthem ignited by Colin Kaepernick in 2016 has escalated to become a nationally divisive issue. Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers refuse to stand during “the Star Spangled Banner” Aug. 2016, to protest against racial injustice and police brutality in the United States. These athletics that chose not to stand for the national anthem because there was a message they wanted to send. Needless to say, an individual has a right to believe as they so choose. Kaepernick along with many others feel that not standing for the national anthem is a peaceful way to protest and release their feelings.
The debate over whether or not kneeling during the National Anthem is a very interesting topic to me, due to the debates/opinions I have heard outside of the classroom. While I admit I stand with a little bias against Heather Mac Donald after googling that she was a conservative before reading her article on police shootings, I still have to say I believe Charles M. Blow had the better message. In our discussion in class, it was baffling to see that it took 10 minutes for someone to note the real reason why these NFL Players were kneeling, but instead everyone talked about how much it disrespected the flag, which in my personal opinion it isn’t disrespectful with the original intention. The stretching or not even being on the field for the
It’s not that hard,but rude people don’t like to support American. If you stand up in school and say the Pledge or just put your hand on your heart that supporting the United States and the people that fought for are free and supported American. If you sit on your butt and not support US Army and the people that died, then that’s just rude and you need to leave the USA and NEVER come back,because you don't deserve to be in a free country if you can't support the people that fought are country. Next thing about being an American is being yourself.
Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback of the San-Francisco 49ers, chose not to stand for the National Anthem at a recent National Football League game. Instead, he decided to express his unhappiness with the way African Americans are being treated by police, by kneeling to the ground. This was his form of protest and attempt to convey his message about how he felt. Kaepernick does have the right to not stand for the National Anthem, however, it is disrespectful. People fight for our freedom, so why disrespect those men and women and an NFL game was not the right time or place to hold his protest.
During the first three preseason games of the 2016 NFL season, Colin Kaepernick formerly quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers sat through the national anthem in protest of police brutality towards African American individuals. When asked about it, Kaepernick said, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour.” News outlets immediately attacked
This action caused an upset among students. Some students are in conflict on how to feel with the demonstration. People should not be disrespecting the flag for any
The National Anthem goes on every single time before a game begins. Each time it is being sung everyone usually stands up to show respect for America. While, news said that a few athletic players that have been sitting down, while the National Anthem goes on. This keeps happening more and more slowly because those athletics don’t believe that America lives up to that potential in the song as it once represented. As well as the incidents that happened with the police of excessive force being used against people unassertively.