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USSF council member loses role after sickening rant which downplayed slavery

A MEMBER of the US Soccer Federation (USSF) athletes council was stripped of his role on Sunday after a vile speech in which he downplayed slavery in the United States and spoke out against the removal of an anti-kneeling policy introduced in 2017.

Seth Jahn was left reeling after 71 per cent of the USSF board voted to repeal Policy 604-1, requiring all national team members to “stand respectfully” during the Star Spangled Banner, which was introduced when US star Megan Rapinoe knelt in solidarity with former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick.

Her kneeling during the US national anthem was a direct response to the  inequality faced by black people in the United States — which ultimately saw Kaepernick blacklisted from the NFL.

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