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Obama backs NFL player Colin Kaepernick  

The well-known quarterback from the NFL has been in the eye of controversy  ever since he opposed to stand during the US anthem as a way of protest against racial injustice. Just recently President Obama said Kaepernick's actions did cause some legitimate issues, but  that it was just right for the  young athlete to exercise his constitutional right. He also commented that Mr.Kaepernick is only eliciting  a conversation  of some topics we need to talk about. In addition, the President Obama said he rather had youth people engage in democratic process than people who are just sitting on the sidelines and not paying attention at all. Colin Kaepernick's has encouraged other people to take action. Kaepernick's actions have inspired Erick Reid and Megan Rapinoe to kneel during the anthem. Mr.Kaepernick said that he'll continue to sit until he sees improvement in us race relations.

The article was written by BBC news, which  points out different and diverse opinions of the America people. As the date of the presidential election comes near, people are intensively paying attention to the candidates and their plans for the future for America. As we all know, there's a lot of tensions building up with our varying community for the recent things that have  happened in America like Donald Trump's particular opinions of Hispanics, and the shooting in downtown Dallas. These events somehow show inequality and discrimination to a certain groups. These past occuring events makes the american people uneasy because more so often we tend to ignore it or not do anything about it. For that reason, Colin Kaepernick's actions are important because it shows there's a way to show you care and support the community. Just like Bartolome De Las Casas defended the Indians, while no one else dared to. He believed that they weren't savages, unlike everyone else. Both Kaepernick and De Las Casas stood up for that they believed in, which is equality.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37278246