A Kneeling Protest Of One Raider In Mexico City

On Sunday both the Patriots and the Raiders came South to a football game play

The game was played in the high altitude of Mexico City, not in the U.S.A.

While Americans are bailing out from their TVs in disgust over players taking a knee

In Mexico City the game sold out in the shortest of time  with eager fans wondering if Brady would pass for over 300 yards in country number three

The Mexican anthem was played before the game had begun

The fans and all the players stood in respect in the warm Mexican Sun

The American National Anthem was played and the fans and all players stood save one

An Oakland Raider the issue of respect for flag and racism he chose to repugn

Kneeling as opposed to standing brings back memories of the Black Power closed fist salute

At the awards ceremony Thomas and Carlos gold and bronze wearing only black socks to represent black poverty’s strong roots

Were to be expelled from the Olympics but the U.S. refused

Olympic dictator Brundidge said if that’s what  you chose

The whole track and field team would be expelled

The U.S. caved and Thomas and Carlos were on their way

Racism still exists in this nation today on both sides of the color line

As a divided nation seeks ways to the tools to solve or allay the problem find

For those one percent who have donned the colors and gone into harm’s way to protect that American flag

It is a hard and bitter pill to swallow especially for those in combat dodging IED’s praying they still had enough grenades and mags

Has to be a better way to bring the issue of racism to the discussion table without to the flag linking

Or all we will accomplish is not one bit of racial improvement angry as a chance for unity was sinking

© November 20, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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