{"id":381997,"date":"2016-09-01T07:06:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=381997"},"modified":"2016-09-01T07:06:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T11:06:22","slug":"ap-explains-national-anthem-is-icon-of-patriotism-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=381997","title":{"rendered":"AP Explains: National anthem is icon of patriotism, protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/ap-explains-national-anthem-is-icon-of-patriotism-protest\/15976518\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/wwwcache.wralsportsfan.com\/asset\/basketball\/nba\/2016\/08\/31\/15976518\/15976926-1472727931-160x120.jpg\" alt=\"AP Explains Kaepernick Anthem\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick&#8217;s recent decision to not stand during the national anthem as a way of protesting police killings of unarmed black men has drawn support and scorn far beyond sports. The Associated Press explains how &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; became a ritual of American public life, its complicated racial origins and how the song has been used as a form of political resistance. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/ap-explains-national-anthem-is-icon-of-patriotism-protest\/15976518\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/ap-explains-national-anthem-is-icon-of-patriotism-protest\/15976518\/\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"AP Explains: National anthem is icon of patriotism, protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick&#8217;s recent decision to not stand during the national anthem as a way of protesting police killings of unarmed black men&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","wpcat-79-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=381997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=381997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=381997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=381997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}