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Is It Disrepectful to Kneel During the National Anthem?

Is It Disrespectful to Kneel During the National Anthem?

Politics, Relationships & Community, Social Justice / 6 minutes of reading

In another one of the seemingly never-ending issues that divide our country, we’re fighting over whether people should stand or kneel during a song before we watch them throw balls around.

If it sounds like I’m making this sound like a petty thing, that’s because it is. In light of multiple natural disasters, horrific genocide, and the looming threat of nuclear war, this is one of the dumbest things to be angry about.

But for some reason we are, so let’s dive into this.

Is It Disrespectful to Kneel During the National Anthem? Read This Post

The Story of Strangers Helping Strangers, Because It’s the Right Thing to Do

Faith & Spirituality, Personal Journal, Social Justice / 7 minutes of reading

At around 9pm, I stood in the international terminal of LAX with a group of people I hardly knew. Some I had just met that evening. But they were my people, my tribe.

In nervous anticipation, we scanned the crowds looking for the people we were waiting for. The only problem was we didn’t really know who we were looking for. We had never seen these people either.

The Story of Strangers Helping Strangers, Because It’s the Right Thing to Do Read This Post

I am a Refugee. And I’m an American.

Personal Journal, Politics, Social Justice / 7 minutes of reading

In another life, I might have been poor. I might have been malnourished. I might have worked long days to make $14 a month. I might have grown up in a post-war environment and been one of the 100,000 people killed from undetonated landmines. I might have struggled under a repressive government.

But I didn’t. It’s all because of the sacrifice of others on my part. I am in the top 1% of the richest people in the world. And I don’t deserve any of it.

I am a Refugee. And I’m an American. Read This Post

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