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NFL protests: Pharrell, Stevie Wonder and John Legend 'take a knee' in solidarity against "President" Trump

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/nfl-take-a-knee-protests-pharrell-john-legend-stevie-wonder-support-defiance-donald-trump-twitter-a7965316.html

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  • John Legend, Stevie Wonder and Ice Cube are among those who have spoken out in support of the NFL players staging demonstrations during matches in the US. 
  • As the US national anthem played at the beginning of matches on 24 September, players knelt on one knee in a show of defiance against Donald Trump. 
  • "People across this country are suddenly thinking about what it must feel like to be a person of colour, watch an officer shoot an unarmed man, and walk away with a pension."- John Legend
The article talks about how celebrities have reacted to the ''Take A Knee'' protest, which was first initiated by Colin Kaepernick- a quarterback formally of the San Francisco 49ers. Music artists such as Pharrell Williams' tweeted [this protest] if ''...for the people of my state. that's what this flag is for." Others, such as Mark Hamill, referred to Trump's infamous remark on the neo Nazis and white supremacists. 

This story links to NDM as it shows how a sheer number of contributors on Twitter, has changed the perspective of the ''Take a Knee'' protest, as a symbol of disrespect towards the American flag from its origins as a protest against police brutality. New forms of UGC, in particular ''tweets'' create headlines, which are then used by traditional media. This shows that Twitter, an informal platform, is being used as a reliable source, and could possibly be used to ''censor'' users from the real news. 


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