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“I never said that I hated the country,” third-place hammer thrower Gwen Berry told CNN after turning away from the United States flag as the national anthem played during this week’s Olympic trials. “All I said was I respect my people enough to not stand or acknowledge something that disrespects them.”
Berry’s statement echoes that of benched San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who told NFL.com that he refused to stand for the flag during the anthem because, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”
Nike ended up giving Kaepernick millions of dollars for his refusal to show pride in the American flag. Berry’s Nike payday should be coming soon, too.
But while Nike loves to promote its brand by showing the utmost disrespect for America’s flag and anthem, it sure does know how to salute when the subject comes to China.
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