{"id":120641,"date":"2017-10-02T00:25:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T04:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120641"},"modified":"2017-10-02T00:37:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T04:37:42","slug":"canadian-singer-at-seahawks-game-chooses-to-not-join-anthem-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/02\/canadian-singer-at-seahawks-game-chooses-to-not-join-anthem-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian singer at Seahawks game chooses to not join anthem protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120648\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/12243127_1078528918832404_6123493347030191759_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120648\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/12243127_1078528918832404_6123493347030191759_n.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Arielle Tuliao (Photo: Arielle Tuliao\/Facebook)\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/12243127_1078528918832404_6123493347030191759_n.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/12243127_1078528918832404_6123493347030191759_n-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Arielle Tuliao (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajtuliao\/photos\/a.198594730159165.47965.196964450322193\/1078528918832404\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajtuliao\/\">Arielle Tuliao\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SEATTLE \u2014 A Vancouver woman invited to sing O Canada before a Seahawks game in Seattle decided to not take a knee after her performance.<\/p>\n<p>Arielle Tuliao had previously said that she planned to kneel after performing the Canadian national anthem, with the idea of supporting protesting NFL players who are making a statement about civil rights by sitting or taking a knee during the American anthem, but ultimately did not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, both to those who have showed their support vocally and their disapproval respectfully. I appreciate all of you!\u201d tweeted Tuliao on Saturday. \u201cI&#8217;m going to focus now on singing. So so grateful to the Seahawks for the opportunity to rep the Maple Leaf and sing O Canada!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nine Seahawks players sat on the bench during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner before Sunday night&#8217;s game against Indianapolis. Defensive end Michael Bennett continued his stance of sitting during the anthem, but was joined by the entire Seahawks defensive line and linebacker Michael Wilhoite.<\/p>\n<p>Tuliao had wrestled with how she would respond as players kneeled, sat or locked arms during the anthems to protest police brutality against African-Americans and President Donald Trump&#8217;s portrayal of their stance as unpatriotic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do I take a stand without bringing unnecessary drama to my country? I want to honour the Seahawks for celebrating their true north fans but at the same time it&#8217;s my job to also stand up for (their) rights, not just as American citizens, but as humans,\u201d said Tuliao in an interview with The Canadian Press on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 A Vancouver woman invited to sing O Canada before a Seahawks game in Seattle decided to not take &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":120648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,44],"tags":[25623,25624,3141,25625,13594,9891],"class_list":["post-120641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-sports","tag-arielle-tuliao","tag-canadian-national-anthem","tag-nfl","tag-o-canada","tag-seahawks","tag-seattle","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}