How many of the commenters are middle age, middle class white people?  I am.  The question I ask myself is why would a rich, black athlete take this stance to protest what he believes to be injustice toward people of color?  Why risk the disdain, ridicule and hate that he has encountered?  Why not just sit down, shut up and go along? How else could he have brought national recognition, in a peaceful manner, to an issue he feels so strongly about?  Those are the questions I ask myself.