While Drew Brees stumbles, the saints go marching on
Drew Brees represents one of the core issues with America, one of the leading issues in the ongoing unrest, and why the charging of four murderous cops is not enough to stop this movement. On Wednesday June 3 rd , after eight days of protests and looting in the name of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubrey, and many more black lives lost to police brutality and social and racial injustice, Drew Brees helped illustrate how deep the issues run within white America and beyond. Brees said: “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.” In saying that he doubled down on his stance from when Colin Kaepernick first took a knee, that he 'wholeheartedly disagrees' with Kaepernick’s decision not to stand, reaffirming the belief that it is disrespectful to the military. At the very least, Brees’ statement is willfully ignorant. Kaep did take a knee during the National Anthem, when it is understood you should stand an...