…it’s really easy to get caught up in how you’re hurt and not really think about whom you are actually hurting. At football games, they kneel, but th… - Reginald Dwayne Betts

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…it’s really easy to get caught up in how you’re hurt and not really think about whom you are actually hurting. At football games, they kneel, but they’re not kneeling for domestic violence in the NFL. They’ve had a huge rate of domestic violence, intensely physical domestic violence that has become public, and you know that’s the tip of the iceberg. That’s not even talking about accusations of sexual assault. It’s not talking about the actual murdering. This is part of the culture where men, who have been professional athletes, have done things. We don’t talk about that. They aren’t kneeling for that.

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About Reginald Dwayne Betts

Reginald Dwayne Betts (born Nov. 5, 1980) is an American poet, memoirist, teacher and lawyer.

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Alternative Names: Betts, Dwayne Reginald Betts, R. Dwayne
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