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Mon Sep 5, 2016, 07:36 AM Sep 2016

Soccer player Megan Rapinoe takes a knee in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick

What she did is pretty courageous in my view. The sentiment is spreading among athletes which will make it harder for their leagues to just cut them. Below is a statement from her.

“It was a little nod to Kaepernick and everything that he’s standing for right now," Rapinoe told reporters in Illinois after the match. "I think it’s actually pretty disgusting the way he was treated and the way that a lot of the media has covered it and made it about something that it absolutely isn’t. We need to have a more thoughtful, two-sided conversation about racial issues in this country."

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Soccer player Megan Rapinoe takes a knee in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick (Original Post) brush Sep 2016 OP
Good dembotoz Sep 2016 #1
Good for her. nt Lucky Luciano Sep 2016 #2
Awesome bigwillq Sep 2016 #3
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