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a singer decided to kneel during her performance of the national anthem prior to an nba preseason game in miami.




as denasia lawrence approached midcourt, she unzipped her jacket, revealing the <u+201c>black lives matter<u+201d> shirt she has underneath and dropped to her left knee as she began to sing. her stated intention was to protest racial oppression.




if the anthem is a symbol of racial oppression, then why would she sing it at all?




<u+201c>we<u+2019>re being unjustly killed and overly criminalized,<u+201d> lawrence explained in a facebook post from saturday night. <u+201c>i took the opportunity to sing and kneel to show that we belong in this country and that we have the right to respectfully protest injustices against us.<u+201d>




according to miami heat staff, there was no advanced warning that lawrence was wearing a black lives matter shirt nor that she had plans to kneel.




<u+201c>i didn<u+2019>t get paid to sing the national anthem nor was this moment about any sort of fame,<u+201d> lawrence wrote. <u+201c>black lives matter is far larger than a hashtag, it<u+2019>s a rallying cry.<u+201d>




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