What Do Megan Rapinoe’s Arm Tattoos Say? Why They Hold Massive Meanings to the Athlete
The outspoken athlete has been somewhat controversial recently, after becoming the first white athlete to take a kneel during thein 2016. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started the movement by kneeling in a pre-season game in 2016 as a way to protest police brutality and racial inequality in the U.S.
“I haven’t experienced over-policing, racial profiling, police brutality or the sight of a family member’s body lying dead in the street,” Rapinoe wrote in an essay for in October 2016. “But I cannot stand idly by while there are people in this country who have had to deal with that kind of heartache.”“I can understand if you think that I’m disrespecting the flag by kneeling, but it is because of my utmost respect for the flag and the promise it represents that I have chosen to demonstrate in this way,” she continued.
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