On September 3rd, Nike released that their new face of their brand for the year would be Colin Kaepernick. You know, the guy who kneels during the National Anthem because of the wrongful killings of people of color and the overall systemic racism in America.
People are outraged.
I mean, people are burning shoes, cutting up logos, ripping clothing items in half, just to show Nike their disapproval in their form of a 'boycott." I honestly think that everyone is letting things get totally out of perspective. Let me just shine a little light on the things that are much more important in this world than one NFL player's personal opinions.
1. Poverty in America
2. Veterans that are homeless or living in poverty
3. The ever growing and alarming rate of Veteran suicide
4. Lack of care and understanding for PTSD patients
5. Children starving all over the world
6. Children starving in the United States
7. HIV epidemic that still exists in parts of the world
8. Lack of access to vaccinations in Africa
9. Lack of freedom in North Korea
10. Lack of proper healthcare all over the world
11. Lack of proper healthcare in the United States
12. Heroine and opioid epidemic
13. Honeybee extinction
14. Poor education in urban schools
15. Plastic in the oceans
16. Ever-growing trend of mental health problems in teens
17. Anti-vaxxers and the spread of diseases thought dead
18. Reconstruction of Puerto Rico
19. Global warming
20. Polar bear extinction
21. Ice caps melting and oceans rising
22. Flint Water Crisis
23. Extermination of Native American tribes, culture, tradition, and sacred lands
24. Immigration camps
25. Pedophilic priests
26. Pedophiles trying to get into the LGBT+ community
27. Gay rights and equality
28. Feminism
29. Systemic racism in healthcare
30. Systemic racism in politics
31. Systemic racism in education
32. Systemic racism in the political justice system
33. Systemic racism in housing
34. Racists
35. Rapists
36. Wage gap
37. Glass escalator and glass ceiling
38. Sexual harassment
39. #MeToo movement
40. Horrible things Trump says
41. Actually anything Trump says
42. Actually just Trump in general
43. Overpriced textbooks
44. Overpriced health foods
45. Overpriced feminine products
46. Overpriced birth control for males and females
47. Adolescent suicide and bullying
48. Mass shootings
49. War
50. Ridiculous inflation in college tuition
51. Lack of trade workers
52. LGBT+ conversion camps
53. Mike Pence
54. Betsy DeVos
55. Poor funding for public schools
56. Poor funding for the arts
57. Teachers valuing sports over education of students
58. Lack of scholarships for deserving students
59. Perceptions of beauty and the media
60. Sex trafficking
61. Roseanne Barr
62. Pink tax
63. Everyone killing everyone
64. Excessive number of animals in animal shelters
65. Poor treatment of animals
66. Pitbull and other big dog stereotypes
67. Cropping of dogs' ears
68. Clipping of dogs' tails
69. Dog fighting
70. Declawing cats
71. Food waste in America
72. Plastic EVERYTHING
73. Obese America
74. High fructose corn syrup
75. Over processed food
76. Fake meat being posed as real meat
77. Oil in oceans
78. Coral reefs dying
79. Poaching of endangered animals
80. Air pollution
81. Lack of child labor laws in developing countries
82. Lack of fair treatment of workers
83. Unions
84. The overworking of nurses leading to burnout and mistakes in healthcare
85. Lack of proper screening for gun sales
86. Lack of affordable mental health help
87. Where is the cure for cancer???
88. Weed is still illegal
89. Breast cancer
90. Ovarian and uterine cancer
91. Prostate cancer
92. Actually, all caner
93. Sex scandels
94. Heart attacks and strokes
95. Lack of people willing to donate organs, blood, or bone marrow
96. Poor access to pre and postnatal care
97. Poor access to safe abortions
98. Lack of affordable healthcare and insurance
99. Literally anything else.
