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Eminem’s ‘protest’ highlights kneeling slacktivism once again

By Zachary Faria
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Eminem’s ‘protest’ highlights kneeling slacktivism once again

If a rapper kneels, but the national anthem isn’t playing, does his protest make a sound?

Evidently not, as Eminem knelt during the Super Bowl halftime show, and it wouldn’t be clear that it was an homage to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick if media outlets didn’t claim that it was.

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