You have two young black men who are public enemy #1 in this country peacefully protesting against racial injustice and how does their god fearing white pastor coach react?
Two high school students in Texas were kicked off their football team on Friday night after they demonstrated during the national anthem to protest racial inequality.
One student, Cedric Ingram-Lewis, 16, raised a fist in the air while the anthem played. The other, Larry McCullough, 18, got down on one knee. In response, their coach told them to hand over their uniforms, The Houston Chronicle reported.
“We had to get our message across: End racial injustice and the oppression of black people,” Mr. Ingram-Lewis said in a phone interview on Sunday.
The coach, Ronnie Mitchem, is the pastor at Victory and Praise Worship Center in Crosby, Tex., and a Marine Corps veteran. In a phone interview on Sunday, he said the teenagers’ demonstration was offensive to people who served in the military.
Mr. McCullough could not be reached but Mr. Ingram-Lewis said he did not regret leaving the team, adding that his demonstration was not about disrespecting the flag or the military.
“That’s not our intent. That wasn’t Kaepernick’s intent when he first kneeled,” he said. “It was about police brutality and racial injustice.
This is where we are right now.
Black people are telling you it isn’t about the military, flag or anthem. We are telling you it is about the racism, but that isn’t important to people who promote white supremacy, so that is why they are trying to change the narrative.