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Levels of Protest

To equate the Heat's hoodie picture, taken in support of Trayvon Martin (POINT AFTER), with John Carlos's and Tommie Smith's protest at the 1968 Olympics is far-fetched. Carlos and Smith engaged in a defiant political protest on an international platform. The Miami players will never be subjected to the same contempt and disdain that Carlos and Smith had to endure.

Rodney K. Boswell, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

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