American - Athlete | December 20, 1987 -
I remember my dad always complaining about getting pulled over. I remember the differences in school systems. I remember seeing police officers, not knowing their names, and knowing that they were there not to protect us, not to serve us, but to watch us.
Malcolm Jenkins
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Fashion, to me, is trends - it's what other people are wearing; it's what's hot this season. I'm not as interested in that. Style, to me, is personal. Style is what each individual has.
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I grew up playing in the streets. We played two-hand touch from street pole to street pole. That's how I learned the game.
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We've been doing work outside of the anthem since the beginning. Before the anthem even started, players were involved in these types of social justice issues. The anthem protests or demonstrations just brought eyes and attention to it.
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I've seen signs of life with regards to bipartisan support for criminal justice reform, but the support does not reflect the necessary urgency for real reform. This must be made a priority.
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Sports is something that transcends generations, transcends backgrounds, cultures, races. And so the power of sports is real.
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You're starting to see more and more athletes recognizing their reach and how much leverage and power that they have in their celebrity and in their platform. And more and more guys are trying to use that leverage to better their communities, to better this country and are speaking out on injustice.
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If you want change, and you want things to get better across the country, there's different ways to go about it.
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A lot of guys try to stay out of the political limelight because you have things like endorsements; you have fans and all these other things that you represent.
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Donald Trump is a divisive name in a locker room.
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A lot of guys will talk politics, but usually not about Trump. Those might get a little heated depending on who you're talking to.
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I pop in highlight films from high school once in a while because those days were special.
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