The hate is real

“If something like that were to happen, you’ve proved my point,” Kaepernick said, according to the Bay Area News Group, noting he had not brought the threats to security’s attention for that reason. “It’ll be loud and clear for everyone why it happened, and that would move this movement forward at a greater speed than what it is even now.

Slammed as unpatriotic and disrespectful, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has taken heat for refusing to stand during the national anthem to those who made sacrifices for the country. A Gold Star mom who lost her son in an IED attack in Afghanistan told CNN that her heart stopped and she lost her breath when Kaepernick said he couldn’t stand for the flag. Local war veterans in San Francisco criticized him as a poor role model, according to CNN affiliate KRON. The San Francisco police union has demanded the NFL denounce Kaepernick’s “foolish statements.”

In another corner, some — including activists and NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — have praised him for bringing awareness to a major issue.

Fight for whats right

Rusul Alrubail is an inspiring human being through all of the struggles and people saying she can’t still she found a way with her heart to say she can.a platform that fosters and nurtures student literacy and voice. Prior to her work with the Writing Project Rusul was a Professor at Seneca College who taught English and literature courses to first year college and undergraduate students. Rusul is a big believer in the power of student voice to create positive changes in people’s lives. Listening to her message from for the love of teaching I can tell that she absolutely loves what she is doing and that the education system has people that truly cares for the student sake. Like Alrubail  myself was not liked by teachers but I made a promise to myself that I will never be like them I will love and care for the student no matter what.

A day late & a dollar short

“All Americans have an opportunity for success.”

This statement has long been an American ideal, and it may very well be true, but by adding one word to this statement, it transforms from a likely reality to a nearly certain falsity.

An overwhelming amount of evidence suggests that the above statement simply is not the case, and that the wealth of the family into which a child is born plays an instrumental role in determining the likelihood of that child receiving a higher education and achieving monetary success in their life.

A child’s family wealth plays an instrumental role in determining how likely that child is to receive a college education. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers, children born into families in the bottom quartile economically only complete college nine percent of the time while those born into the top quartile economically complete college a staggering 54 percent of the time. That means children born into top-quartile families are 600 percent more likely to complete college.

Protest

Tim Tebow, former NFL player, was asked about Kaepernick’s national-anthem protest. There’s not a ton of connection between the two, other than people loving to read about and talk about both of them.

And Tebow sounds like he believes in what Kaepernick is kneeling for, but doesn’t agree with the kneeling part of it.

“When people have belief in something, or a conviction in something, trying to stand for that is a good thing,” Tebow said, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. “Its all about standing for it the right way.”

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