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Jenkins Says Philadelphia Eagles Will Protest on Monday Night Football

2015 NFL Pro Bowl safety Malcolm Jenkins put word put that he, along with teammates on the Philadelphia Eagles, will join those around the league who've taken a stance in protest of the oppression of Black communities in the U.S.A., on Friday, September 15.
Article Image: Jenkins Says Philadelphia Eagles Will Protest on Monday Night FootballJenkins confirmed that while he doesn't imagine anyone of the Eagles looking to partake in a gesture of solidarity with the protest, will kneel, it is likely that a good many of them will stage some kind of open dissent. According to the veteran defenseman, players on the Eagles roster had intentions to demonstrate prior to the start of the season, but had postponed plans to take a stand out of respect for the families of the September 11, 2001 attacks, who mourned the date's 15th anniversary on Sunday. Jenkins said that the team is still in discussion about what and how they want to execute, with possibility that the whole team exercise it's right to free speech still on the table.
"For me, it has nothing to do with this country or the flag or the anthem in itself. Really it's just to continue to push forward the conversation about social injustice, and that's a range of things from police brutality to wages and job opportunities, education. There's just a lot of things systematically that have been set up in this country since its inception that put minorities, especially African Americans, at a disadvantage when you talk about quality of life and actually growing in this country," Jenkins said, about his plans to move forward with the action. "So we want to continue to keep that conversation going and push it to as many people as we can obviously while doing our part in bringing forth change. Obviously this has been a hot topic, and the more players that join in, the further this conversation goes."

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