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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. "
Malcolm Jenkins
People
Fashion
Hot
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" I didn't realize that the platform could be this big until Colin Kaepernick first took a knee. When he did that, that was kind of an 'aha' moment for me. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Moment
Big
Kind
" Oftentimes, even myself as I've come through my entire career from high school all the way up here, everything has been football, football, football. And then you realize that life is much bigger than this game, especially when you start thinking about life after football and what you want to leave behind. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Myself
School
Thinking
" My goal is to use football as a platform to speak out on things that need addressing. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Things
Football
Goal
" After spending time with police officers on ride-alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grass roots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Time
Roots
Police
" I want to be remembered as someone that used football to raise awareness. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Awareness
Someone
Used
" If you know anything about the issues in our country, you know we have a lot of deep-rooted anger and anxieties that spark a lot of passion. When you talk about our national anthem or the flag or race relations or the criminal justice system, it brings up a lot of those fears and insecurities. "
Malcolm Jenkins
You
Passion
Know
" Everyone loses when voices get stifled. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Stifled
Get
Loses
" I'm learning the process of changing things. I'm not really sure where this is going to take me. But I know what I want before my career is over: I want people to remember me as someone other than a guy who just tackled people. "
Malcolm Jenkins
People
Remember
Learning
" 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. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Justice
Work
Beginning
" I get hate mail. I get bad mail. People say they will boycott you or the team. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Hate
You
Team
" I think when you have a group of guys that care about the community, the city, care about each other, it just makes for a unique locker room. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Think
City
Care
" I'm about creating positive change in the communities that I come from. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Change
Come
About
" We have that responsibility to look out for those who haven't had the road and the success that we have. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Out
Responsibility
Success
" Communities of color have also had to watch video after video of unarmed black men and women being handled without regard for their lives or well-being. As a black man, I see these images, and I see myself; I wonder whether this will happen to me or one of my loved ones. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Men
Color
Black
" When someone finds their own personal style and they own it, they look good in it, no matter what it is. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Matter
Own
Good
" True patriotism is loving your country and countrymen enough to want to make it better. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Patriotism
Better
Enough
" We are fighting to pass clean-slate legislation in Pennsylvania to seal nonviolent misdemeanor records automatically after 10 years. We must provide opportunities for employment, housing, education, loans, and voting. We should not disenfranchise a third of the population. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Voting
Housing
Fighting
" I want to see changes in our criminal justice system. "
Malcolm Jenkins
See
System
Want
" I want to see us push for economical and educational advancement in communities of color and low-income communities, and I want to see our relationships between our communities and our law enforcement be advanced. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Law
Relationships
Push
" On or off the field, practice and teamwork are the key to success. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Practice
Teamwork
Key
" We are demanding police transparency and accountability so we can build trust and work together to make our communities safer. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Work
Trust
Police
" I'd already been doing work in the community... But when it comes to how to actually amplify your voice, when I saw what Colin Kaepernick did and the amount of coverage and conversation around it, that's when I truly realized how much influence we have as athletes. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Work
Influence
Doing
" When I look at our communities, our country, our justice system, those are things I want to change and I'm committed to changing, and that's going to take sacrifice. Laying the foundation is the hardest part and requires a lot of sacrifice and time. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Justice
Time
Sacrifice
" The people who have been unjustly disenfranchised by our criminal justice system and the people who daily fight for them always have, and always will be, the inspiration and focus of my efforts. "
Malcolm Jenkins
Daily
Fight
Focus