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At Brooklyn Bowl, Talib Kweli Helps Fans Wake Up To Post-Trump America

November 25, 2016 By José Negroni 1 Comment

Talib Kweli, wearing a Colin Kaepernick jersey and bounding around the stage of a packed, cavernous Brooklyn Bowl, is a hell of a passionate guy and smart.

“Our parents sing like John Lennon, ‘imagine all the people watch.’ We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last beatle drop,” he rapped.

“This morning, I woke up. Feeling brand new and I jumped up. Feeling my highs, and my lows. In my soul, and my goals.”

The 41-year-old Brooklynite then launched into a calmly sarcastic delivery about what he thinks of the new president who demonized nearly every group of people and promised them retribution.

Filed Under: Elections, Media & Culture Tagged With: activism, Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump, Music, Talib Kweli

Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest Holds A Mirror Up To America

October 5, 2016 By Kevin Patrick Kelly 2 Comments

The revolutionary actions of San Francisco 49ers’ backup Quarterback Colin Kaepernick have produced a tidal wave of malice and scorn from sports spectators and the general public. This was evident in a recent public opinion poll, which was amazingly broken down by Shannon Sharpe. Among those polled, 47 percent opposed the Quarterback’s protest, with just 32 percent supporting his decision to kneel during the National Anthem.

The original intent of the protest was to help project a spotlight onto America’s epidemic of African Americans being unnecessarily killed at an alarming rate by police officers. Again, just recently, helicopter and dash cam video revealed the death of unarmed African-American motorist Terence Crutcher at the hands of Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby. His only crime was pulling off to the side of the road in an attempt to fix his automobile.

Crutcher’s death appeared to harden the Quarterback’s belief in his protest: “This is a perfect example of what this is about.”

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, National News Tagged With: activism, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Colin Kaepernick, freedom of speech, Millennial Revolution, NFL, Terence Crutcher

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