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Possible draft (I will be adding to an existing article rather than creating a new one)

The article that I will be contributing to is the following : U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)

First Draft of Article
Under Background, add

Kaepernick's protest is often compared to the protests of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Kaepernick's protest is most similar to Park's refusal to sit at the back of the bus. Kaepernick's refusal to stand during the national anthem has influenced many other teams to take a knee, just as Park's protest ignited the Montgomery bus boycott. The president of the NAACP said "It's a lofty name, but it's not a stretch...We'll let history be the judge, how consequential Kaepernick's action is."  

Under College

On February 23rd, 2019, eight players of the Ole Miss men's basketball team took a knee during the national anthem at their home-game against Georgia. The players took a knee to protest the pro-confederate rally that was happening on campus at the time. The players previously stood during the national anthem, with this being the first time they took the knee. The athletes were upset by a video posted online by the rally organizers a few days prior. The protest reached national attention and received negative backlash. However, the athletes received public support from University officials.

Under High School

On October 2018, the 32 players of the Christian Capital Academy football team as well as the coaching staff decided to take a knee during the national anthem. When asked about their reasons, the team collectively responded that they took a knee as a way to protest for the excessive use of police brutality against minorities, especially against African Americans. The two players did not receive any punishment for their protest, unlike the two high school football players from the Victory & Praise Christian Academy who were kicked off the team after refusing to stand up for the national anthem and kneeling.

On December 2017, Ninth Circuit Court for the Southern District of California ruled in favor of high school players, and stated that no high school football player can be forced to stand during the national anthem or cannot be forced out of the team by refusing to do so. The basis for such ruling is that “loss of First Amendment freedoms unquestionably constitutes irreparable harm and that the mandate issued by the district superintendent is a violation of the athlete’s First Amendment rights.” Now, while one could argue that this ruling can also be used as a reason to validate the actions of a professional football player, there is a major difference between a professional football player and a high school football player is that the last one does not have to abide by a contract.

There is a debate as to whether a high school student is free. While public school students are protected under the first amendment, students at private schools face a different reality as private schools can apply different standards from the ones enforced in public schools. According to West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, schools cannot force students who are Jehovah’s witnesses to say the pledge of allegiance because it violates the students’ freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is not guaranteed all the time, especially in extracurricular activities such as football games. While a student himself/herself can exercise his/her freedom of speech, the problem arises when they are wearing their school’s uniform and represent the ethics and the values of their school.

Under Corporations

The Nike commercial received major backlash from its consumers while also attracting the attention of President Trump, who tweeted the morning after the TV commercial was released, “What was Nike thinking?” and Texas senator, Ted Cruz decided to join and tweeted against the Nike campaign by posting “Nike are all on the wrong side of the American people” thus creating a debate among consumers. The stock price did drop its value in the following months after the ad went viral, but on September 13, 2018, the price of a Nike stock closed at $83.47, which at the time it was historic since that was the company’s high.

New Section Under Reactions: Social Media

Kaepernick's decision to protest the national anthem became a symbol of resistance, similar to the black power fist. The act was talked about heavily on social media, with users on Twitter and Facebook using #TakeAKnee or #TakeTheKnee to discuss the act. The use of this hashtag exploded with 4 million tweets. The hashtag was often used with other hashtags such as #BoycottNFL and #BlackLivesMatter. #BoycottNFL is used in different states than #TakeAKnee, with those using #BoycottNFL wanting to boycott the NFL and those using #TakeAKnee supporting the players who choose to protest.

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ing possible Topics:

a) Behavioral Economics article found here : Behavioral economics

- Some of the things that I would like to add to this article would be more information about how Nobel prize winner Robert J. Shiller's work proved that the Efficient Market Hypothesis was incorrect thus contradicting the economic doctrine that was thought for centuries before.

-I will definitely touch regarding why it took so long for economist to realize that the economic thought that were taught for centuries were flawed.

- And although in this article Robert J Shiller is mentioned, some of his work is not mentioned at all.

b) Take A Knee article can be found here: U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)

-Besides the fact that I am doing my move me project based on this social movement, after carefully reviewing it I do see there is a room for improvement or at least update some of the information on this article as well as adding some new information such as the Kaepernick lawsuit against the NFL. Also, I think the article should also add the campaign that President Trump started to battle this movement.

- There are some major events that happened during the super bowl that I think should also be included and by these events I mean celebrities refusing to participate in the halftime show.

Evaluation of the article U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)


 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

Ans. For the most part this article does provide relevant information about the topic in context; however, in the background section of the topic, I got distracted by the history that it was provided about the national anthem. I also thought that this would be a good part in the article to explain what were the events that lead to the NFL players start kneeling during the national anthem.


 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

Ans. Yes, the article is very neutral. At no part in the article, the information provided feel to be either right sided or left-sided.


 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

Ans. I think one viewpoint that was mainly underrepresented was the view point of the people that saw these actions as unpatriotic. IN the article, it is mention what President Trump feeling were against these actions but it was never mention the campaign that he developed to go against them and the multiple


 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

Ans. The few links that I tried, all seem to work fine.


 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

Ans. Based on the training that I got, I did spot multiple references in the article, all the empirical data that was provided seem to have so reliable resource to support such claims. As to if the information was biased, I would say maybe, and that is just because of the fact that some of the resources or citations belong to sports articles.


 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Ans. Yes, there is definitely some information that could be added. Recently, the case of Kaepernick against the NFL enter its second stage. So definitely there is information that could be added to this article to make more informative.


 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

Ans. the main point in the talk section of the article is about finding providing the writer feedback as to how to make his information more reliable and how to differentiate his style of writing from that of a newspaper publisher which tend to be very boring.


 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

Ans. This article is rated as a featured list and it is also part of multiple WikiProjects


 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Ans. I think the way Wikipedia allows people to write their opinions is the same way we conduct our discussions in class, and that is always with a open mind and having respect for other people's opinions.