Machiavellian said:
Actually Kap was not looking for media attention when he first started this journey. The media was looking for something and found Kap. When this first started, Kap was just sitting on the bench during the anthem. A journalist noticed him sitting on the bench during the anthem and asked him why and he explained that he could not stand for during the anthem when there was injustice still going on in America. At this time no one even noticed him sitting on the bench during the anthem or even cared until one journalist made it into a story. At BOLDED: Not sure what you mean by this. Just because someone decide to protest doesn't mean people will just turn the way they think and jump on board. Any protest takes years to come to any type of conclusion or no conclusion. This is not a right or left situation it's an institution type of situation. Black people have been saying they have been abused by the police for years way before Kap and definitely way before camera phones came on the scene. It was ignored then and it still ignored now even when evidence is presented. Just like with the Civil rights marches and protest during the 60s, nothing is going to get noticed or changed unless the protest has staying power, raises awareness and does not get side tracked by dumb stuff (violence would be a key which I am sure some detractors would love to happen). This is not a sprint its a marathon. As we have shone plenty of times, people always say protest a different way even during the Civil Rights times. The key is to continue to protest and continue to add that tension which is needed for change. |
To assume Kap figured his protest wouldn't ever lead to anything isn't logical. If you don't think doing something is worth it, you don't do it, unless your forced to of course. Kap would have kept standing otherwise. The point of sitting would be to get noticed, which if you take that logical path, will eventually expand depending on the factors at play. Based on the reasoning for his sitting, assuming all he wanted was sympathy from a few team mates, or whatever, makes no sense. If Kap didn't want media attention, he would have told the reporter to beat it and would have kept quiet.
Just recently with the Kavanaugh sexual assault accusation, and protest of his nomination, the vote is being held off even though the evidence at this time couldn't be more weak. One of the reasons no doubt is because she feels she was suppressed considering it happened like 30 years ago and she hasn't been able to come forward. The people clearly think the woman went about this in a proper enough manner, and that it's important enough to be taken care of asap because of it. It's not just about the underlying problem, it's how it's 'marketed' as well. I also wasn't saying protesters should give up, but when you've spent enough time pushing against a brick wall, and you've tried to smash through it and still don't succeed, then maybe you should look at another approach, like take a walk and find where the wall ends for example. Continuing to pound on the wall instead, is just going to fuel the anger of the people inside.
