more-inIt is a strange world when a brash young man, a multinational corporation with a reputation for running sweatshops and a Twitter-happy American President combine to convince you that American football is more than a bunch of grown men piling over each other. Kaepernick chose kneeling as a way of drawing attention to needless deaths of African-Americans at the hands of the police and vigilantes — while demonstrating his respect for the anthem. There is not much to be said about a President who uses his bully pulpit to target friends and foes alike. Will Nike by standing up to political and market forces change the nature of corporate citizenship? Sonalde Desai is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland and Senior Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2018 18:32 UTC