POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Food Security, Colin Kaepernick, Anti-Nationalism
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Article- this time, colin kaepernick takes a stand by kneeling - new york times. The impartial article presents a rare occasion where sports and politics collided. Colin kaepernick, collin kaepernick knelt instead of standing for the national anthem. Nationalism can be seen as having pride, loyalty and devotion to a particular country. The article illustrates the opposite, a particular moment of anti-nationalism. The act conducted may thus be seen as anti-nationalist and anti-patriotic as kaepernick is not showing pride or loyalty in his country. Kaepernick did not want to stand to show pride (nationalism) in a flag for a country that oppresses. The article also mentions that other celebrities have engaged in brief gestures of protest and anti- nationalism. The athlete has been accused of being unpatriotic and a traitor to the nation as well as being a person that disrespects the police and military when he wore scandalous socks with cartoon pigs- a few signs of anti-nationalism.
