![Take a Knee protest: Why athletes are refusing to stand for U.S. national anthem - National | Globalnews.ca Take a Knee protest: Why athletes are refusing to stand for U.S. national anthem - National | Globalnews.ca](https://i0.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/50/759/final-nfltimelines.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all)
Take a Knee protest: Why athletes are refusing to stand for U.S. national anthem - National | Globalnews.ca
![This is what happens when people in India refuse to stand for their national anthem - The Washington Post This is what happens when people in India refuse to stand for their national anthem - The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2016/12/india-anthem.jpg)
This is what happens when people in India refuse to stand for their national anthem - The Washington Post
![Take a Knee protest: Why athletes are refusing to stand for U.S. national anthem - National | Globalnews.ca Take a Knee protest: Why athletes are refusing to stand for U.S. national anthem - National | Globalnews.ca](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/poy-2016-sports_8.jpg?quality=85&strip=all)
Take a Knee protest: Why athletes are refusing to stand for U.S. national anthem - National | Globalnews.ca
![Poll: 61% Oppose Firing NFL Players Who Refuse to Stand for National Anthem, but 65% of Republicans Say Players Should be Fired | Cato at Liberty Blog Poll: 61% Oppose Firing NFL Players Who Refuse to Stand for National Anthem, but 65% of Republicans Say Players Should be Fired | Cato at Liberty Blog](https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/chart1_all.jpg?itok=8TiRjkbN)
Poll: 61% Oppose Firing NFL Players Who Refuse to Stand for National Anthem, but 65% of Republicans Say Players Should be Fired | Cato at Liberty Blog
![Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem of 'a country that oppresses black people and people of color' - SBNation.com Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem of 'a country that oppresses black people and people of color' - SBNation.com](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3qtvAMnvOIorcwT0YDQvFbY_4gk=/1400x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7003189/kaepernick.png)