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DeAndre Hopkins Says Drivers with Confederate Flags Are the 'Real Clemson'

NFL star DeAndre Hopkins wasn't surprised by the heavy presence of confederate flags in Clemson, South Carolina, on Saturday:

The video was taken before an on-campus protest Saturday that called for racial equality, which was led by student-athletes. According to Conor Hughes of the Greenville News, about 3,000 people took part.

Hopkins—a South Carolina native who went to nearby D.W. Daniel High School and spent three years at Clemson—posted about the event on social media:

There have been worldwide protestsagainst racial injustice and police brutality since George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed after white police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes.