Obama demande à Kaepernick de réfléchir

Colin Kaepernick poursuit sa pratique de poser un genoux au sol plutôt que de se lever pour l'interprétation de l'hymne national. Kaepernick agit ainsi pour dénoncer le sort réservé aux Noirs et aux minorités dans son pays, mais Barack Obama lui demande de réfléchir à la peine qu'il inflige aux familles des militaires décédés. Pour ces dernières le drapeau représente le sacrifice au nom de la patrie.

 "The president defended Kaepernick and others who have joined him in such acts, which many Americans consider offensive, saying, “We fight sometimes so that people can do things that we disagree with.” But Obama also said people on both sides of the issue should keep open ears.

“Sometimes out of these controversies, we start getting into a conversation, and I want everybody to listen to each other,” Obama said. “So I want Mr. Kaepernick and others who are on a knee, I want them to listen to the pain that that may cause somebody who, for example, had a spouse or a child who was killed in combat, and why it hurts them to see somebody not standing.”

 The president added, however: “I also want people to think about the pain that he may be expressing about somebody who’s lost a loved one that they think was unfairly shot.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/obama-colin-kaepernick-anthem-228880