Thursday, September 17, 2020

Bridging a Gap through Disrespect

In this story - Bridging The Movement: Black parents’ thoughts on Iowa City protests - there's a story told by Davonte Foster.
Davonte Foster spoke last Thursday about a coworker telling him he's boycotting the NFL because of players kneeling during the national anthem. "He doesn't understand that innocent Black people are being killed and that's whey they're protesting," Foster said. Before responding to his coworker, Foster called Newell and asked for advice. Newell told him to pause and think. "Just make sure whatever action you take is going to be action that you can live with. And also think about your child," Newell said.

There is no concrete solution - no action - in Newell's advice. His advice is literally "Think before you act." How worthless!

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