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Jonathan Hubbard, a 26-year-old African-American army veteran who now lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, served four years in the army, which took him as far as Korea and Afghanistan. “I went in to advance myself and I knew that I would not be letting the American citizens down,” he said.
But during his time in the military, Hubbard became increasingly critical of sacrificing for a country that he didn’t feel would do the same for him. He left the military at the beginning of 2016 — a year in which the extrajudicial killings of black men have continued to make headlines across the country.
The final straw for Hubbard was July 6, 2016, when a police officer in Minnesota shot and killed Philando Castile. Castile’s death came one day after Alton Sterling, another unarmed black man, was shot and killed while selling CDs outside of a store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
After those incidents, Hubbard decided to stop singing the national anthem to protest the conditions that black people face in America. “I care about this nation, but at the same time, why am I singing a lie?” Hubbard said.
After Colin Kaepernick announced his protest last week, Hubbard started a Change.org petition to change the national anthem to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the “black national anthem.”
“Until we can ‘hold these truths to be self evident,’” Hubbard said, referencing the Declaration of Independence, “then I’m done.”
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Jonathan Hubbard, a 26-year-old African-American army veteran who now lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, served four years in the army, which took him as far as Korea and Afghanistan. “I went in to advance myself and I knew that I would not be letting the American citizens down,” he said.
But during his time in the military, Hubbard became increasingly critical of sacrificing for a country that he didn’t feel would do the same for him. He left the military at the beginning of 2016 — a year in which the extrajudicial killings of black men have continued to make headlines across the country.
The final straw for Hubbard was July 6, 2016, when a police officer in Minnesota shot and killed Philando Castile. Castile’s death came one day after Alton Sterling, another unarmed black man, was shot and killed while selling CDs outside of a store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
After those incidents, Hubbard decided to stop singing the national anthem to protest the conditions that black people face in America. “I care about this nation, but at the same time, why am I singing a lie?” Hubbard said.
After Colin Kaepernick announced his protest last week, Hubbard started a Change.org petition to change the national anthem to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the “black national anthem.”
“Until we can ‘hold these truths to be self evident,’” Hubbard said, referencing the Declaration of Independence, “then I’m done.”
How millennials like Colin Kaepernick view patriotism differently
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