NFL cheerleader takes a knee during national anthem before Raiders-49ers game

A cheerleader for the 49ers took a knee during the national anthem on Thursday previous to San Francisco’s 34-Three win over the Oakland Raiders.  A number of folks at Levi’s Stadium, together with NBC Bay Space’s Damian Trujillo, seen that the cheerleader was kneeling because the anthem was enjoying.  Primarily based on a number of different images from the stadium, it seems that just one cheerleader made the choice to kneel.  Though it isn’t 100 p.c clear but if the cheerleader did this to assist Colin Kaepernick, it is positively notable that she took a knee at Levi’s Stadium. When Kaepernick initially began protesting racial injustice and police brutality again in 2016, he was enjoying for the 49ers. It isn’t clear if the cheerleader who kneeled was a member of the squad in 2016.   Together with her actions on Thursday, the unidentified cheerleader has change into the primary NFL cheerleader to take a knee during the national anthem. Again in October 2017 Elle Journal wrote an in depth article on why NFL cheerleaders do not protest, and principally, most had been afraid that they would lose their job due to how “replaceable they’re.” Though that is the primary time an NFL cheerleader has taken a knee, it isn’t the primary time that a cheerleader has carried out it. A minimum of six cheerleaders on the school stage have taken a knee over the previous two years. 5 of these cheerleaders at Kennesaw State College knelt during the anthem final 12 months. Before that, a dancer at Georgia Tech additionally took a knee.  4 of the 5 cheerleaders who protested at KSU did not make the squad the next 12 months.   https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-cheerleader-takes-a-knee-during-national-anthem-before-raiders-49ers-game/