Megan Rapinoe
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Designing in New York. Like I just slide into everyone's DMs and I'm like, hi. Like you didn't ask for me, but here I am. Anyway, so I had hit her like, hey, just amazing. About social justice. Yeah, like what, you know, you guys are doing, if there's any way for our teams to partner or whatever. This was pre-kneeling. That happened sort of after we got back from the Olympics.
Designing in New York. Like I just slide into everyone's DMs and I'm like, hi. Like you didn't ask for me, but here I am. Anyway, so I had hit her like, hey, just amazing. About social justice. Yeah, like what, you know, you guys are doing, if there's any way for our teams to partner or whatever. This was pre-kneeling. That happened sort of after we got back from the Olympics.
Designing in New York. Like I just slide into everyone's DMs and I'm like, hi. Like you didn't ask for me, but here I am. Anyway, so I had hit her like, hey, just amazing. About social justice. Yeah, like what, you know, you guys are doing, if there's any way for our teams to partner or whatever. This was pre-kneeling. That happened sort of after we got back from the Olympics.
Just kind of, is there any way to connect or help like amplify that?
Just kind of, is there any way to connect or help like amplify that?
Just kind of, is there any way to connect or help like amplify that?
It certainly should be. Yes.
It certainly should be. Yes.
It certainly should be. Yes.
Yeah, definitely. Because I think that they were the first ones doing anything publicly protesting as an athlete kind of during that time. Like they were talking before Colin was talking. They had already done the protest in that summer and in their season. And it wasn't just with the Minnesota team. It then kind of went league wide.
Yeah, definitely. Because I think that they were the first ones doing anything publicly protesting as an athlete kind of during that time. Like they were talking before Colin was talking. They had already done the protest in that summer and in their season. And it wasn't just with the Minnesota team. It then kind of went league wide.
Yeah, definitely. Because I think that they were the first ones doing anything publicly protesting as an athlete kind of during that time. Like they were talking before Colin was talking. They had already done the protest in that summer and in their season. And it wasn't just with the Minnesota team. It then kind of went league wide.
You guys wore black t-shirts and refused to speak to the media about it. I mean, if you remember that summer, it was like, there was like five really high profile murders of black men. And there was the shooting of the police officers. I think it was in Dallas. It was a very violent and tragic summer sort of leading into Colin's kneeling, which was like September or something.
You guys wore black t-shirts and refused to speak to the media about it. I mean, if you remember that summer, it was like, there was like five really high profile murders of black men. And there was the shooting of the police officers. I think it was in Dallas. It was a very violent and tragic summer sort of leading into Colin's kneeling, which was like September or something.
You guys wore black t-shirts and refused to speak to the media about it. I mean, if you remember that summer, it was like, there was like five really high profile murders of black men. And there was the shooting of the police officers. I think it was in Dallas. It was a very violent and tragic summer sort of leading into Colin's kneeling, which was like September or something.
So I think I was already kind of like opening my eyes to what was happening and, you know, going through, like I said, like Trayvon Martin and then the protests in Ferguson and Michael Brown and that obviously extended really far, the formation of black lives matter. Like I was just like learning about it.
So I think I was already kind of like opening my eyes to what was happening and, you know, going through, like I said, like Trayvon Martin and then the protests in Ferguson and Michael Brown and that obviously extended really far, the formation of black lives matter. Like I was just like learning about it.
So I think I was already kind of like opening my eyes to what was happening and, you know, going through, like I said, like Trayvon Martin and then the protests in Ferguson and Michael Brown and that obviously extended really far, the formation of black lives matter. Like I was just like learning about it.
I didn't really, I mean, I don't think I was really thinking about it all that much before then. And then you guys, you know, and it was just much more is like, I feel like that summer, every time he turned around, like articles or in the Atlantic or the New York times or sports illustrate, it was all just kind of like in the sort of zeitgeist of the moment. So I Yeah.
I didn't really, I mean, I don't think I was really thinking about it all that much before then. And then you guys, you know, and it was just much more is like, I feel like that summer, every time he turned around, like articles or in the Atlantic or the New York times or sports illustrate, it was all just kind of like in the sort of zeitgeist of the moment. So I Yeah.