{"id":5090,"date":"2024-10-18T18:56:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T18:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2024-10-18T18:56:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T18:56:43","slug":"scholarships-pulled-university-of-texas-students-removed-after-kneeling-during-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/scholarships-pulled-university-of-texas-students-removed-after-kneeling-during-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships Pulled: University of Texas Students Removed After Kneeling During Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University of Texas (UT) is currently under intense scrutiny following\n\n\n\n</p><p>reports that it revoked scholarships from five athletes who knelt during the\n\n\n\n</p><p>National Anthem to protest racial injustice. This decision has ignited a fierce debate,\n\n\n\n</p><p>positioning UT at the center of a national conversation about free expression,\n\n\n\n</p><p>institutional rules, and the role of universities in social activism.\n\n\n\n</p><p>The Power of the Kneeling Protest\n\n\n\n</p><p>Kneeling during the National Anthem has become a powerful symbol of protest against\n\n\n\n</p><p>racial injustice, a movement sparked by former NFL player Colin Kaepernick in 2016.\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-image' size-full><img decoding='\"async\"' loading='\"lazy\"' width='\"526\"' height='\"526\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/runeecho.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/463031392_122121976412467428_247368938585450158_n.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-5092\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/463031392_122121976412467428_247368938585450158_n.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n\n\n\n<p>What started as a solitary act of defiance has since evolved into a global movement,\n\n\n\n</p><p>with athletes across various sports using this gesture to highlight racial inequalities\n\n\n\n</p><p>and police violence. The UT athletes who chose to kneel were not just participating\n\n\n\n</p><p>in a protest; they were aligning themselves with a broader movement demanding justice for marginalized communities.<br>\n\n\n\n</p><p>The reported revocation of scholarships by UT has sharply divided public opinion.\n\n\n\n</p><p>Supporters of the athletes argue that their right to free expression should be protected,\n\n\n\n</p><p>especially when it addresses critical social issues like racial injustice.\n\n\n\n</p><p>They believe that punishing students for protesting is a direct attack\n\n\n\n</p><p>on free speech and undermines the university\u2019s mission to foster a diverse and inclusive environment<br>\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-embed' is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio><div class='\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"'>\n<iframe loading='\"lazy\"' title='\"Senators' ask tennessee colleges to prohibit kneeling during national anthem width='\"500\"' height='\"281\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/WYIHjXTPdvA?feature=oembed%5C%22" frameborder='\"0\"' allow='\"accelerometer;' autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share referrerpolicy='\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"' allowfullscreen>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>The University of Texas (UT) is currently under intense scrutiny following reports that it revoked scholarships from five athletes who knelt during the National Anthem <a class='\"mh-excerpt-more\"' href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/runeecho.com%5C/scholarships-pulled-university-of-texas-students-removed-after-kneeling-during-anthem%5C/%5C%22" title='\"Scholarships' pulled: university of texas students removed after kneeling during anthem>[&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5093,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions\/5093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</a></p></div></iframe></div></figure></p></figure></p>