Is kneeling during the national anthem disrespectful to the American flag, and by extension, to the U.S. military? That’s the charge Donald Trump recently leveled at NFL players who began “taking a knee,” to use the athletes’ language, to protest police brutality against people of color.
But underneath that charge is an unexamined assumption that veterans and service members would not share the athletes’ views – and are white.
The rest of this post, which examines demographics in the military in comparison to civilian society, in addition to the attitudes and beliefs of racial/ethnic harassment by those service members is available on the Monkey Cage section of the Washington Post.
But underneath that charge is an unexamined assumption that veterans and service members would not share the athletes’ views – and are white.
The rest of this post, which examines demographics in the military in comparison to civilian society, in addition to the attitudes and beliefs of racial/ethnic harassment by those service members is available on the Monkey Cage section of the Washington Post.
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