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Across the NBA, players are kneeling for the national anthem. The contrast in unity is so stark and jarring from four years ago when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustices. Even the referees and most coaches are kneeling. Participation in this once-polarizing form of protest is now so suddenly universal that ...

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