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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jun 10, 2020, 09:22 PM Jun 2020

NASCAR to allow peaceful protests during national anthem

NASCAR has removed guidelines that team members must stand for the national anthem, opening the way for peaceful protests during pre-race ceremonies.

NASCAR eliminated the guidelines before last weekend’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR official Kirk Price kneeled during the invocation and raised a fist. Price, who served on active duty in the U.S. Army for three years, remained kneeling during the anthem while he saluted the flag.

Bubba Wallace praised Price in an interview this week on CNN.

“If I would have seen it, I would have went there and stood next to him, kneeled next to him because it’s such a powerful move,” said Wallace, the lone black driver competing in NASCAR’s top series. “A man, an incredible man, who has served our country, kneeling down. People think it’s disrespecting the flag and going against our military, and it’s definitely not.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/nascar-to-allow-peaceful-protests-during-national-anthem/ar-BB15jkPn

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NASCAR to allow peaceful protests during national anthem (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
Mighty big of them. SheltieLover Jun 2020 #1
Perhaps even more earth shattering news: NASCAR announced that the confederate flag is now banned... Brother Buzz Jun 2020 #2
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