'We wanted to represent (all Des Moines Public Schools),' senior Jayden Singleton said. 'We have a lot of diversity, and a lot of people of color. We wanted to show our appreciation for social justice.'
Count the Des Moines Roosevelt High School baseball team among those who want to continue the ongoing national discussion of racial injusticeAll the Roosevelt baseball players kneeled during the national anthem on Monday afternoon ahead of the season-opening game against Ankeny Centennial at Principal Park in Des Moines.
“Coach brought it up during practice, just with everything going on,” senior Alex Pendergast said. “We talked about it as a team and came to a decision, as players, to take a knee and give more attention to the problem at hand.”around the country since Floyd was killed in late May in Minneapolis police custody. Black Lives Matter organizers have led multiple demonstrations in Des Moines over the last three weeks.
“I feel like that’s a big deal,” Pendergast said. “If we had some standing and some kneeling, it wouldn’t have been as big as a deal. But that the whole team came together and everybody kneeled, I think it makes a big difference.
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