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When Kelly Holstine first heard that teachers who were to be honored at the NCAA football championship game had the option to not put their hand over their heart during the national anthem, she wondered, "Is that enough?"
She decided that, for her, it wasn't. The teacher chose to kneel.
Before Monday night's game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans between Clemson and Louisiana State University, 54 teachers were brought onto the field for a ceremony to honor the 2019 Teachers of the Year. The teachers remained on the field while the national anthem played.
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Holstine, who was the Teacher of the Year for Minnesota, said the president's presence and "his choice to consistently discriminate against marginalized and oppressed humans definitely factored into my decision to kneel."
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So she did it to piss the dotard off. I love it.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Take off our hats, put our hand over our hearts, and go down on one knee during the anthem. As a sign of the realization of the hope, dreams and ideals of American, and the recognition that we have not yet achieved it.