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Sports Illustrated, you are a piece of work! There is a reason, after 40 years, I'm no longer your subscriber. Glad of it. I'm in agreement with Steph Curry, this cover is so wrong. Where is Colin Kaepernick? Why is he not front & center on this cover? Starting the parade without him, hoping no one notices? Oh, I read your little lame excuse - I'm not buying it.
When will "other people" get the message and learn you don't get to define what African-Americans are aggrieved about? Why do you keep trying to decide what our outrage should be? And, where, when & how we should peacefully protest. Trevor Noah addressed this on the Daily Show
(See later posting for actual video from Daily Show)
As quite a number of people have stated, the original message is getting lost & being diluted (deliberately so, I believe ) with all this talk of disrespecting the military & the flag. As for the SI cover, this is not about linking arms in some deluded show of solidarity, to show we're all together. Well, we most certainly are not all together. Taking A Knee is about the murders of young unarmed black men by policemen across this country. No one is held accountable. Did I say young men? Tamar Rice was only 12 years old, quietly playing in a park, all alone with his toy gun. He was a child & he will forever remain so. Some irresponsible, derelict, quite possibly racist police officer made that decision. It happens time & time again. Sports Illustrated, you needed to have Colin Kaepernick on that cover.
So, to all you racists & white people with privilege, not your call.
