Most people who've read my writing probably know my thoughts on most issues. I also tend to have an opinion on everything. I always know what I'd say if someone asked what I think, however, I often am unsure of where to start when writing about a topic. So I'm going to start and end this with the thing I most believe in: love. If I can approach all things with love in my heart, then I believe that's the best I can do to honor the best version of myself and my faith.
     There's been a lot of news about athletes taking a knee during the national anthem in protest of the treatment of people of color in the United States. NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick drew the biggest outcry when he sat for the national anthem during the a preseason football game. Athletes in college and pro alike are joining the movement.
      I'm not going debate if this is the best mode of protest.  What I am going to say is this: what have we come to, as human beings, if we are more upset about someone disrespecting a flag than we are of our fellow brothers and sisters of the human race being murdered? A player for the University of Nebraska, my football team, recently released this video (there's a short video in which Michael Rose-Ivey tells how fans suggested he and his teammates be hanged before the next national anthem and a longer video where you can here his whole statement). Those people who call themselves fans--those who have cheered, cried, lived and died by this athlete and his fellow teammates' play--and then have mistreated him the second he is not in that red and white uniform make me lose my faith in humanity. These fans will scream at referees when the calls are against these young men, will pray for these young athletes when they are injured on the field, but will not scream in protest when another young black man is killed on the street? Will not pray for him and work for against this injustice toward their fellow man? How can we let this happen? I am not a law maker. I'm not a person of power. I am basically no body, but I have a voice. And I believe more in the love of my fellow humans than in the love of a flag so you better believe this voice will be used. My love is not limited only to those who think like me or look like me. It is not limited by the boundaries of a country or by the statutes of what someone else might deem right or wrong. My love is limitless and it's what I most believe in.